Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Botswana
Botswana: Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) was 14.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Botswana, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2023, taxes on goods and services in Botswana stood at 14.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Botswana peaked at 16.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 1990.
Botswana ranks 138th of 156 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Botswana, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.9% | — |
| 1991 | 2.1% | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 3.1% | +46.5% |
| 1993 | 2.8% | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 4.2% | +48.0% |
| 1995 | 4.5% | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 3.8% | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | +133.2% |
| 2007 | 10.7% | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | +42.0% |
| 2009 | 13.9% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 13.3% | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 13.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | -20.6% |
| 2014 | 10.7% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +22.4% |
| 2016 | 12.1% | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 15.8% | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 16.9% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 13.8% | -18.4% |
| 2023 | 14.5% | +5.3% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 14.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34.9%, 42% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 14.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 32.6%, 45% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Botswana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +133.2% | 3.8% | 8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.2% | 1.9% | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2000s | 12.2% | 8.8% | 15.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 10.6% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 13.8% | 16.9% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Botswana?
- Taxes on goods and services in Botswana was 14.5% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 16.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 1990.
- How does Botswana rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Botswana ranks 138th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.