| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $14.2 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
7.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 4%
industry: 48.7% (including 36% mining)
services: 52% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
47% (2002 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
9.2% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
264,000 formal sector employees (2000) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $3.263 billion
expenditures: $3.283 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing; textiles |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
7.3% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
409.8 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
1.564 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
1.183 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
livestock, sorghum, maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, groundnuts |
| Exports : |
$2.544 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles |
| Exports - Partners : |
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 87%, Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 7%, Zimbabwe 4% (2000) |
| Imports : |
$1.753 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products |
| Imports - Partners : |
Southern African Customs Union (SACU) 74%, EFTA 17%, Zimbabwe 4% (2000) |
| Debt - External : |
$392 million (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$73 million (1995) |
| Currency : |
pula (BWP) |
| Currency Code : |
BWP |
| Exchange Rates : |
pulas per US dollar - 4.9499 (2003), 6.3278 (2002), 5.8412 (2001), 5.1018 (2000), 4.6244 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
