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Botswana: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate

1.64Bcurrent USD · 2025+3.9% since 2015

Variable interest rate is long-term external debt with interest rates that float with movements in a key market rate; for example, the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or the U.S. prime rate. This item conveys information about the borrower's exposure to changes in international interest rates. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Botswana from 1978 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,639,916,934
20241,466,127,520.2
20231,451,016,442.2
20221,442,339,423.8
20211,373,538,438.3
20201,166,425,077.8
20191,199,274,451.8
20181,294,463,768.5
20171,383,305,627.4
20161,494,637,340.3
20151,577,709,545
20141,772,475,073.9
20131,675,912,912.7
20121,771,915,610.7
20111,635,752,919.2
20101,053,696,590.7
20091,046,856,208.6
200848,924,982.5
200715,558,199.1
200620,557,818
200525,283,844.6
200430,732,579.7
200333,789,222
200239,019,299.7
200130,504,505.8
200049,140,359
199962,588,738.6
199866,393,488.7
199776,196,415.2
199696,672,977.7
1995115,045,618.9
1994119,555,359.9
1993114,626,805.1
199271,409,000
199177,470,000
199073,128,000
198970,344,000
198867,368,000
198765,855,000
198650,871,000
198537,904,000
198431,546,000
198331,124,000
198230,000,000
19810
19800
19790
19780

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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-external-debt-stocks-variable-rate (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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