Botswana: Exchange rate to USD

The currency chart for Botswana shows historical data for the Botswanian Pulas per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Botswanian Pulas per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Botswana become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Botswana.

The series for Botswana are available from juillet 2006 to septembre 2026. For that period, the average exchange rate for Botswana was 9.8645 Botswanian Pulas per USD with a minimum of 5.9618 Botswanian Pulas per USD in novembre 2007 and a maximum of 13.9428 Botswanian Pulas per USD in janvier 2025. The most recent available data point is 13.5272 Botswanian Pulas per USD, a change of 0.44% from the previous data point of 13.4684 Botswanian Pulas per USD and a change of -0.3% from a year ago when the level was 13.5683 Botswanian Pulas per USD.

Currency values in Botswana and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.