Foreign trade as a share of GDP fell 6.51% to 77.8% in Botswana in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Botswana reached an all time high of 126% in 2013 and an all time low of 65.9% in 1960. When compared to Botswana's main peers, foreign trade as a share of GDP in Namibia amounted to 75.1%, 50.8% in South Africa, 79.3% in Zambia and 54.7% in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Botswana has been ranked 67th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade as a share of GDP, 8 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | % | 62.9% | 53.4% | 52.3% | 66.4% | 57.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 113% | 100% | 81.9% | 87.5% | 83.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 59.3% | 55.9% | 74.3% | 69.9% | 55.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 128% | 138% | 144% | 143% | 135% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 93.9% | 106% | 99.7% | 127% | 112% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 97.2% | 94.0% | 81.2% | 81.7% | 82.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 56.7% | 55.9% | 53.5% | 54.6% | 54.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 84.1% | 86.7% | 87.8% | 84.8% | 88.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 40.8% | 35.4% | 32.2% | 32.6% | 33.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 79.9% | 74.0% | 71.6% | 74.9% | 68.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 56.7% | 51.2% | 50.0% | 54.6% | 52.7% |
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