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Botswana: Disbursements on external debt, public sector

334.60Mcurrent USD · 2025+4240.4% since 2015

Public sector long-term debt are aggregated. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Disbursements are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. 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. Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Botswana from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025334,601,490.4
2024440,210,032.8
2023152,549,621.9
2022221,112,695.1
2021340,910,025.8
202080,470,202.1
201932,720,747.6
201847,303,598.6
20176,690,540.9
201652,002,541.7
20157,709,042.5
2014118,463,741.7
201328,677,056
201269,351,944.1
2011594,751,043.4
201017,035,408.9
20091,007,190,292.2
200856,523,632.6
200753,748,973.5
20064,067,040.5
200510,689,629.1
200422,066,544.5
200313,469,270.9
20021,836,842.1
20017,386,980.1
200028,044,366.3
199921,864,098
199822,506,175.9
199721,236,421.8
199627,226,331.4
199567,364,920.7
199459,135,477.2
199380,885,521
199284,396,125.5
1991103,003,775.7
199027,001,851.1
198971,154,864
198858,216,024.9
1987106,190,520.4
198639,791,246.1
198571,768,008.2
198481,133,582.5
198338,378,512.6
198259,207,049
198124,997,975.4
198027,247,771.7
197915,637,620.6
197811,489,419.7
197716,109,624.1
197626,544,471.8
197525,384,735
197418,532,651.1
197341,732,336.5
197245,349,084.4
197115,688,824.1
19705,748,700

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