Net foreign assets fell 8.01% to BWP 73.7 bil in Botswana in 2019, according to the National Central Bank.
Historically, net foreign assets in Botswana reached an all time high of BWP 91.0 bil in 2015 and an all time low of BWP 0.065 bil in 1976. When compared to Botswana's main peers, net foreign assets in Namibia amounted to NAD 36.7 bil, ZAR 841 bil in South Africa, ZMW 24.2 bil in Zambia and ZWD -40.7 bil in Zimbabwe in 2019.
Botswana has been ranked 88th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of net foreign assets, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Angola | AOA bil | 3,115 | 3,097 | 3,570 | 3,857 | 2,643 | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | BWP bil | 71.9 | 83.3 | 91.0 | 82.2 | 80.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | CDF bil | ... | 1,455 | 1,572 | 1,329 | 1,131 | 2,514 | |||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | LSL bil | 12.8 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 12.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | MZN bil | 100.0 | 105 | 115 | 154 | 192 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | NAD bil | 23.1 | 19.5 | 29.8 | 26.5 | 31.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | ZAR bil | 641 | 600 | 785 | 704 | 699 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | SZL bil | 7.87 | 7.71 | 8.90 | 8.95 | 7.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | TNS bil | 6,572 | 6,561 | 8,207 | 8,229 | 11,572 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | ZMW bil | 11.7 | 15.3 | 29.6 | 21.9 | 22.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | ZWD bil | ... | ... | ... | -0.729 | -0.691 | -0.644 | -0.556 | -1.33 |
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