World Bank · Debt
Botswana: External debt stocks, long-term
1.85Bcurrent USD · 2024-6.8% since 2014
Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Botswana from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,851,933,959.3 | |
| 2023 | 1,563,597,634.7 | |
| 2022 | 1,562,715,265.5 | |
| 2021 | 1,496,573,924.7 | |
| 2020 | 1,302,504,779.4 | |
| 2019 | 1,345,523,124.8 | |
| 2018 | 1,443,230,134.7 | |
| 2017 | 1,542,551,318.5 | |
| 2016 | 1,665,138,269.1 | |
| 2015 | 1,758,813,041.1 | |
| 2014 | 1,987,725,781.9 | |
| 2013 | 1,892,306,112.1 | |
| 2012 | 2,013,176,500.7 | |
| 2011 | 1,900,015,194.7 | |
| 2010 | 1,358,491,275.9 | |
| 2009 | 1,395,265,160.6 | |
| 2008 | 396,793,202.7 | |
| 2007 | 396,301,237 | |
| 2006 | 358,173,807.6 | |
| 2005 | 412,308,772.5 | |
| 2004 | 488,026,722.2 | |
| 2003 | 484,649,106.1 | |
| 2002 | 472,423,923.3 | |
| 2001 | 378,874,794.3 | |
| 2000 | 437,755,242.7 | |
| 1999 | 484,498,471.4 | |
| 1998 | 524,739,048.7 | |
| 1997 | 534,727,348 | |
| 1996 | 620,518,347.7 | |
| 1995 | 706,959,662.4 | |
| 1994 | 689,168,910.1 | |
| 1993 | 656,225,023.7 | |
| 1992 | 600,044,444.3 | |
| 1991 | 605,924,888.2 | |
| 1990 | 547,143,979.7 | |
| 1989 | 546,281,480.1 | |
| 1988 | 528,845,347.5 | |
| 1987 | 539,146,978.9 | |
| 1986 | 403,923,150.5 | |
| 1985 | 343,662,733.4 | |
| 1984 | 261,914,783.7 | |
| 1983 | 224,122,753.2 | |
| 1982 | 201,807,763.8 | |
| 1981 | 151,540,360.1 | |
| 1980 | 131,629,101.5 | |
| 1979 | 112,896,348 | |
| 1978 | 122,537,379.1 | |
| 1977 | 182,561,932.5 | |
| 1976 | 166,353,134.3 | |
| 1975 | 147,979,450.1 | |
| 1974 | 134,055,048 | |
| 1973 | 114,920,842.5 | |
| 1972 | 74,756,512 | |
| 1971 | 33,201,565.7 | |
| 1970 | 17,358,400 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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