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Botswana: Claims on central government

6.78percent · 2025+135.3% since 2015

Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money. Annual figures for Botswana from 1977 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20256.783
202410.678
20238.245
2022-5.114
20210.644
202021.279
20199.958
20183.299
20170.744
20169.105
20152.883
2014-19.245
2013-11.813
20123.698
2011-19.006
201020.206
200918.676
2008-5.874
2007-26.899
2006-35.762
2005-18.525
20044.653
200342.882
200290.016
2001-55.445
2000-56.165
1999-22.39
1998-87.355
1997-255.674
1996-28.454
19959.979
1994-51.362
1993-21.822
1992-37.027
1991-19.846
1990-53.163
1989-56.028
1988-53.115
1987-91.367
1986-111.575
1985-71.962
1984-55.918
1983-30.976
1982-16.408
198112.308
1980-4.375
1979-17.741
1978-15.858
19770.407

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Claims on central government. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-claims-on-central-government (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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