Botswana Inflation Rate

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

1.9

Units In

2.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 11, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
15.06 Nov 2008	0.9 Jun 2020	6.64 %	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 annual inflation rate eased to 1.9% in May 2025, the lowest since December of 2024, from 2.3% in the previous month. The slowdown was driven by the decline in prices such as transport (-2.2% vs -1.6% in April) and housing and utilities (-0.3% vs 0.9%). Price growth also slowed for alcoholic beverages and tobacco (6.4% vs 7.4%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (5.8% vs 5.9%), clothing and footwear (3.7% vs 4.1%), health (2.2% vs 2.3%). In contrast, inflation edged up for furnishing, household equipment, and maintenance (2.7% vs 2.6%), recreation and culture (2.6% vs 2.5%), and communication (0.2% vs 0.1%), while it remained unchanged for education (2.6%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell by 0.1% in May, the first decrease in 8 months, following a 0.8% gain in the previous period.