Botswana Inflation Rate

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

2.8

Units In

2.7

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 15, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 13 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
15.06 Nov 2008	0.9 Jun 2020	6.66 %	1997-2025	N/A

In Botswana the most important category in the Consumer Price Index is transports (20.65 percent of total weight). Food and non-alcoholic beverages accounts for 16.51 percent; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels for 14.9 percent and miscellaneous goods and services for 10.55 percent. Consumer Price Index in Botswana also includes alcoholic beverages and tobacco (7.83 percent); clothing and footwear (6.27 percent). Furnishings, household equipment and maintenance; education ; restaurants and hotels; communication and health account for the remaining 23.9 percent of total weight.

Latest Updates

Botswana’s inflation rate rose further to 2.8% in March 2025, marking the third consecutive monthly increase and the highest reading since last August. Upward pressure came mostly from prices of miscellaneous goods & services (7.7% vs 7.7% in February); food & non-alcoholic beverages (5.8% vs 5.5%); alcoholic beverages & tobacco (7.6% vs 7.4%) and clothing & footwear (4.2% vs 3.9%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices edged up by 0.2% in March after increasing by 0.3% in the previous month.