Botswana’s unemployment rate has increased to 21 percent, reflecting continued pressure in the country’s labour market as more people enter the workforce.
Preliminary results from the 2024/25 Botswana Multi Topic Household Survey released by Statistics Botswana show that the unemployment rate among people aged 15 years and above has risen from 17.6 percent recorded in the 2015/16 survey.
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