Botswana 2026/27 Budget Strategy Paper: Finance Leader’s Brief

Executive summary – Takeaways Indicator Value GDP (2024) −3.0% Unemployment (2024) 27.6% overall; 38.2% youth CPI (Dec‑2025) 3.9%; projected ~5.9% in 2026 with Q2 breach Monetary Policy Rate (Dec‑2025) 3.5% Reserves (Sep‑2025) P50.5bn; 6.4 months of imports FY24/25 Deficit P11.76bn (4.23% of GDP) FY25/26 Revised Deficit ~P9.2bn (3.3% of GDP) Debt (Sep‑2025) ~30% of GDP […]

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