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      GDP up by 3.4 % in 3rd quarter 2021

      • GDP increased because of continued efforts to re-open the domestic economy

      mm by Baboloki Meekwane
      January 18, 2022
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      GDP up by 3.4 % in 3rd quarter 2021

      GABORONE 17 August 2020, President Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi joins the 40th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government on 17 August 2020. Masisi joins the summit virtually with other cabinet ministers from Botswana as the world is facing the Covid 19 Corona virus. The minister of international Affairs and Cooperation Unity Dow , Minister of Finance and Economic Development Dr Thapelo Matsheka and minister Peggy Serame join the summit. Masisi during the summit. (Pic:MONIRUL BHUIYAN/PRESS PHOTO)

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      According to Statistics Botswana, the country’s Gross Domestic Product for the third quarter of 2021 was P47,833.7 million compared to the revised P46,282.1 million recorded in the second quarter of 2021.

      This represents a quarterly increase of 3.4 percent between the two periods. Real GDP increased by 8.4 percent during the period under review, as opposed to a contraction of 4.5 percent in the same quarter of 2020. The recovery in the domestic economy was observed across most industries with improvement in the third quarter of 2021 GDP.

      According to Statistics Botswana, this reflects continued efforts to re-open businesses and relax COVID-19 regulations as rollout of vaccination continued. “On a quarter to quarter comparison, the domestic economy increased by 3.4 percent during the quarter under review,” the stats agency says

      During the quarter under review, Public Administration and Defence became the major contributor to GDP at 18.6 percent, followed by Mining & Quarrying at 12.0 percent. But the Public Administration and Defence sector decreased by 1.1 percent in real value add compared to 7.4 percent increase during the corresponding quarter of 2020. Government units organise and finance provision of goods and services to individual households and the community at large. They are also concerned with distribution and redistribution of income and wealth.

      A significant increase in the real value add of Mining & Quarrying by 29.8 percent was mainly influenced by a substantial increase in the Diamond real value add of 31.0 percent. Diamond production in carats went up by 32.2 percent during the quarter under review. Appetite for rough diamonds is gradually gaining traction after relaxation of Covid -19 travel restrictions which impeded on the sight holding calendar.

      Statistics Botswana says the Quarterly Gross Domestic Product estimates assist in analysis of short-term movements in the economy, as opposed to the annual GDP that provides an in-depth and comprehensive view of changes in the economy. “Quarterly National Accounts adopt the same concepts, definitions and structure as Annual National Accounts,” it notes.

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