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Botswana: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

11.93percent · 2024-28.2% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Botswana from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202411.928
202311.237
20229.839
202110.632
202010.699
20199.323
201811.484
201711.752
201615.38
201517
201416.604
201317.458
201217.773
201115.951
201014.875
200916.385
20084.399
20074.168
20063.895
20055.07
20046.449
20037.565
200210.365
20017.48
20008.323
19999.77
199810.838
199711.788
199613.636
199515.265
199417.358
199314.908
199214.237
199115.292
199015.005
198919.517
198821.58
198731.426
198631.748
198533.944
198423.689
198320.142
198219.623
198114.356
198013.375
197915.858
197821.263
197741.088
197644.716
197541.665
197443.324
197347.02
197245.458
197125.36
197017.243

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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