Average inflation measured by CPI rose 2.40% to 3.88% in Botswana in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, average inflation measured by CPI in Botswana reached an all time high of 3.88% in 2019 and an all time low of 0.028% in 2016. When compared to Botswana's main peers, average inflation measured by CPI in Namibia amounted to 5.75%, 5.27% in South Africa, 8.25% in Zambia and 9.65% in Zimbabwe in 2019.
Botswana has been ranked 73rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 37 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
| Angola | % | 25.8% | 21.7% | 11.8% | 9.90% | 7.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 6.69% | 11.2% | 5.82% | 4.58% | 4.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 8.99% | 8.44% | 9.80% | 5.62% | 5.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 6.05% | 8.12% | 6.19% | 5.50% | 5.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 5.69% | 11.3% | 8.59% | 8.16% | 6.65% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 3.62% | 6.40% | 4.95% | 4.48% | 4.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 4.56% | 6.74% | 5.14% | 4.73% | 4.53% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 3.72% | 4.87% | 4.22% | 4.44% | 4.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 3.69% | 3.96% | 5.33% | 4.47% | 3.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 22.0% | 12.5% | 9.55% | 7.65% | 7.15% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 98.5% | 285% | 205% | 36.1% | 19.9% |
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