Botswana - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Botswana was 7.24 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.43 in 1981 and a minimum value of 1.89 in 2020.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1975 11.97
1976 11.73
1977 13.17
1978 9.04
1979 11.74
1980 13.63
1981 16.43
1982 11.14
1983 10.48
1984 8.58
1985 8.09
1986 10.00
1987 9.80
1988 8.35
1989 11.58
1990 11.40
1991 11.77
1992 16.17
1993 14.33
1994 10.54
1995 10.51
1996 10.08
1997 8.72
1998 6.66
1999 7.75
2000 8.60
2001 6.56
2002 8.03
2003 9.19
2004 6.95
2005 8.61
2006 11.56
2007 7.08
2008 12.70
2009 8.03
2010 6.95
2011 8.46
2012 7.54
2013 5.88
2014 4.40
2015 3.06
2016 2.81
2017 3.31
2018 3.24
2019 2.77
2020 1.89
2021 7.24

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices