Turning students into unemployment stats
According to Statistics Botswana, total formal sector employment stood at 494,457, of which 232,394 were males (47.0 percent) and 262,063 ...
Tag: Statistics Botswana
Stagflation exposes Botswana’s investment status
Stagflation is a theme that had been building traction towards the end of last year. The narrative considered three common ...
Inflation plays Russian Roulette with property stocks
This week Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) warned that the latest surge in oil prices, combined with higher regional maize price ...
GDP up by 3.4 % in 3rd quarter 2021
According to Statistics Botswana, the country’s Gross Domestic Product for the third quarter of 2021 was P47,833.7 million compared to ...
Botswana: A sweet tongued nation?
Meat products, mainly beef, account for 70 percent of all agricultural exports, followed by hides and skins (8 percent). On ...
MONTHLY FOOD IMPORT BILL INCHES CLOSER TO A BILLION
Despite the government’s efforts to improve food security and reduce its food imports, figures from Statistics Botswana show a gloomy ...
The merciful hand of Covid -19 on the road
The year 2020 saw a drastic decrease in road accidents. Figures produced by Statistics Botswana show that for the period ...
Reliable national data is critical for development – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has buttressed the need for reliable national data recording to guide policy direction and economic ...
Statistics Botswana rebases national accounts
According to a Technical Assistance Report released by the IMF, previous missions to Botswana have advised that this will improve ...
