Who does Botswana rely on?

1. South Africa$4.3 billion · 67%
2. Namibia$973 million · 15.1%
3. China$239 million · 3.7%
4. Canada$192 million · 3%
5. India$159 million · 2.5%
6. Zambia$128 million · 2%
7. United States$70 million · 1.1%
8. Germany$68 million · 1.1%
9. Belgium$43 million · 0.66%
10. Zimbabwe$39 million · 0.61%

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Of the 388 products Botswana buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.

and 352 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Largest customer: India

28.4%

Concentration (HHI)

1,700

Concentration index (HHI): 1,700 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 6 customers of the same size

41 of the 52 products Botswana sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Botswana sells of that product; in 24, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 28.4% of what Botswana sells.

and 26 more

The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).

• Trade profile of Botswana
• Trade between Botswana and India
• Trade between Botswana and South Africa
• Dependence of Botswana on South Africa
• Dependence of Botswana on Namibia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.