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Botswana Pula
BWPBotswana · Issued by Bank of Botswana
Price (USD)
—
Inflation (2024)
+2.82%
10y M2 change
+107%
M69 Score
82.5
Market Cap (USD)
—
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
115.36B BWP
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+2.82%
World Bank · annual
Country
Botswana
ISO 4217 · BWP
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Botswana Pula M2 money supply
Broad money in BWP (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Botswana Pula inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Botswana. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Botswana Pula be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 BWP in 2001 buys today
5.65 BWPworth of goods
Lost 94% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
1,769.67 BWP
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:08:14
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- BWA
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/BWP
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Botswana Pula?+
The Botswana Pula (BWP) is issued by Bank of Botswana. As the monetary authority for Botswana, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Botswana Pula?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Botswana Pula: 2.82% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Botswana Pula been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 107% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between BWP as accounting unit and BWP as a store of value.
Is the Botswana Pula sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Botswana Pula currently scores 82.5. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Botswana Pula compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.