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Botswana Foreign Reserves

$3.46Bas of 2024-27.3% vs 2023

Foreign Reserves is measured in current U.S. dollars. Changes in the BWP/USD exchange rate can affect the dollar value; this chart does not separate those effects.

Total reserves including gold, in current US dollars. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

20002024 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodForeign Reserves
2024$3.46B
2023$4.76B
2022$4.28B
2021$4.8B
2020$4.94B
2019$6.17B
2018$6.66B
2017$7.49B
2016$7.19B
2015$7.55B
2014$8.32B
2013$7.73B

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=BW&metric_key=total_reserves_usd" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Foreign Reserves across Africa

View country ranking ->
CountryForeign ReservesPeriod
Nigeria$46.02B2025
Kenya$12.39B2025
South Africa$76.02B2025
Egypt$48.88B2025
Ghana$4.47B2024
Ethiopia$3.78B2024

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