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Botswana: Interest payments on external debt, short-term

6.28Mcurrent USD · 2025-11.4% since 2015

Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20256,275,000
20249,159,000
202316,448,000
20224,312,000
20211,868,000
20203,685,000
20194,050,000
20189,718,000
20173,061,000
20168,781,000
20157,085,000
20145,725,000
20135,352,000
20124,340,000
20115,975,000
20103,765,000
20091,502,000
20081,039,000
2007440,000
20061,334,000
20051,166,000
2004783,000
2003792,000
2002798,000
2001688,000
20001,077,000
1999760,000
1998413,000
19971,380,000
1996302,000
1995201,000
1994180,000
1993200,000
1992200,000
1991200,000
1990200,000
1989200,000
1988200,000
1987200,000
1986200,000
1985300,000
1984500,000
1983300,000
1982700,000
19811,000,000
19801,500,000

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

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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