Botswana Inflation Rate

Last Release

Jan 31, 2025

Actual

2.5

Units In

1.7

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Mar 14, 2025

Time to Release

24 Days 18 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
15.06 Nov 2008	0.9 Jun 2020	6.69 %	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

The annual inflation rate in Botswana quickened to 2.5% in January 2025, the steepest since last August, accelerating from 1.7% in each of the previous two months. Upward pressure came mostly from prices of miscellaneous goods & services (7.6% vs 7.5% in December); alcoholic beverages & tobacco (7.1% vs 6.7%) and food & non-alcoholic beverages (5.1% vs 4.7%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose by 0.5% in January, following a 0.1% increase in the prior month.