World Bank lauds Botswana

As a debt leader amid growth crisis: "The only market access Sub Saharan country at low risk”

LAWRENCE SERETSE

editors@thepatriot.co.bw

Botswana has received high praise from the World Bank for its fiscal strength and institutional quality, with the latest World Bank's "Africa's Pulse" report, Volume 32, published in October 2025, declaring it the only market access country in Sub-Saharan Africa assessed to be at a low risk of debt distress as of June 2025.

This designation highlights the nation’s stability and sound governance, classifying Botswana as a resource-rich country based on its endowments in metals and minerals and placing it among the most stable economies categorised as “resource-rich and never FCV” (Fragility, Conflict, and Violence).