Tax revenue rose 12.1% to BWP 39.9 bil in Botswana in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, tax revenue in Botswana reached an all time high of BWP 39.9 bil in 2017 and an all time low of BWP 1.94 bil in 1990. When compared to Botswana's main peers, tax revenue in Namibia amounted to NAD 54.4 bil, ZAR 1,255 bil in South Africa, ZMW 37.4 bil in Zambia and ZWD 3.60 bil in Zimbabwe in 2017.
Botswana has been ranked 80th within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of tax revenue, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Tax Revenue (Local Currency) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | AOA bil | 1,940 | 1,535 | 1,611 | 1,869 | 2,472 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Botswana | BWP bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.6 | 36.1 | 35.6 | 39.9 | 37.8 | ||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | CDF bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Lesotho | LSL bil | 9.62 | 10.2 | 9.11 | 10.1 | 10.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | MZN bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 135 | 130 | 153 | 186 | 192 | ||||||
| Namibia | NAD bil | 46.7 | 48.8 | 47.5 | 54.4 | 52.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | ZAR bil | 1,010 | 1,107 | 1,182 | 1,258 | 1,335 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | SZL bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Tanzania | TNS bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,387 | 9,900 | 12,343 | 14,055 | 15,092 | ... | ... | |||||
| Zambia | ZMW bil | ... | 26.3 | 26.4 | 28.9 | 37.4 | 45.6 | |||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | ZWD bil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.53 | 3.18 | 3.50 | 5.02 | ... | ... |
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