博茨瓦纳以钻石为驱动力的经济陷入全球实验室生产的激增、失业和产出下降的泥潭之中。 Botswana’s diamond-driven economy plunges amid global lab-grown surge, job losses, and falling output.

博茨瓦纳经济陷入危机,因为其钻石业曾经是其繁荣的基础,但由于来自中国和印度的廉价实验室生产的钻石激增,其经济崩溃。 Botswana’s economy is in crisis as its diamond industry, once the foundation of its prosperity, collapses due to a surge in cheaper lab-grown diamonds from China and India. 钻石产量在Q2 2025年下降了43% — — 这是该国历史上最急剧的下降 — — 导致德布斯瓦纳将收入减半,并停止了某些矿山的开采活动。 Diamond output dropped 43% in Q2 2025—the steepest decline in the nation’s history—leading Debswana to cut revenues in half and halt operations at some mines. 工人失业,许多人,如Keorapetse Koko,现在面临债务和医疗损失。 Workers have lost jobs, and many, like Keorapetse Koko, now face debt and lost healthcare. 世界银行预测经济收缩为3%, 连续第二年, 再加上美国对博茨瓦纳钻石征收15%的关税, The World Bank forecasts a 3% economic contraction, the second in a row, worsened by a 15% U.S. tariff on Botswana’s diamonds. 虽然合成钻石现在占全球销售额的近20%,并主宰着美国参与环形市场,但其环境影响仍然在争论之中。 While synthetic diamonds now make up nearly 20% of global sales and dominate the U.S. engagement ring market, their environmental impact remains debated. 由于天然钻石需求继续下降,该国面临实现经济多样化的紧迫压力。 The country faces urgent pressure to diversify its economy as natural diamond demand continues to fall.