Average inflation for Botswana’s trading partner countries declined from 4 percent in 2012 to 3.4 percent last year.
The countries the currencies of which comprise the Special Drawing Rights (that is, the United States of America, Eurozone, Japan and the United Kingdom) also experienced a decline in inflation, from an average of 1.9 percent to 1.3 percent in the same period, mostly due to weak economic activity, lower food inflation and the moderation in international oil prices.