Economy · Remittance inflows · Botswana
Botswana’s remittance inflows rose to $0.16bn in 2025.
$0.16bn
2025
Up $0.04bn from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$0.16bn
What it is. Personal remittances received counts money that people working abroad send to households in Botswana, together with pay earned by residents who work abroad for short periods. The figure is stated in current US dollars, so it moves with exchange rates and prices as well as with the amounts sent. Transfers carried by hand or through informal channels often go unrecorded, so the true flow may be larger than the total shown.
Higher is better. More remittances mean more household income and more foreign currency entering the country, which is why a higher figure is better. The latest figure, for 2025, is $0.16bn, up from $0.13bn a year earlier, a rise of 28.5%. That is the highest level since 2016 and sits at the top of its range over that span. The low for the period was $0.02bn in 2016.
Why it matters. For Botswana households that receive this money, $0.16bn is extra income for everyday spending and school costs. A jump of 28.5% in one year suggests that more families are getting support, or that transfers are larger. For the state, the inflow adds to the foreign currency entering the economy. The next annual figure will show whether inflows hold at $0.16bn.
| Period | Remittance inflows · Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $0.02bn |
| 2017 | $0.04bn |
| 2018 | $0.04bn |
| 2019 | $0.06bn |
| 2020 | $0.04bn |
| 2021 | $0.06bn |
| 2022 | $0.06bn |
| 2023 | $0.07bn |
| 2024 | $0.13bn |
| 2025 | $0.16bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Remittance inflows, Botswana, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/remittance-inflows/botswana
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Personal remittances received, current US dollars. Unit: USD bn.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.