The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and the president, Ian Khama, will maintain their dominance of the political scene over the forecast period.
A recovering mining sector and stronger services output will support real GDP growth averaging 5.1% in 2015-19.
Despite global uncertainty, higher value-added diamond exports, lower import prices and buoyant SACU revenue, will support a large current-account surplus over the forecast period, averaging 10.3% of GDP.

Highlights 7

Political outlook 8

Economic policy outlook 9

Economic forecast 11

Annual data and forecast 14

Quarterly data 15

Monthly data 16

Annual trends charts 17

Monthly trends charts 18

Comparative economic indicators 19

Basic data 20

Political structure 21

Politics 22

Economy 30

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