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Botswana: Interest payments on external debt (% of GNI)

0.59percent · 2025+182.9% since 2015

Total interest payments to gross national income. 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 (percent)Note
20250.594
20240.66
20230.516
20220.149
20210.089
20200.24
20190.285
20180.263
20170.221
20160.197
20150.21
20140.172
20130.285
20120.19
20110.16
20100.178
20090.107
20080.086
20070.101
20060.126
20050.144
20040.147
20030.181
20020.339
20010.237
20000.305
19990.416
19980.473
19970.596
19961.705
19950.584
19940.755
19930.739
19920.83
19910.872
19901.054
19891.252
19881.471
19872.048
19862.189
19852.049
19841.4
19831.168
19821.007
19810.699
19800.806
19790.705
19780.773
19770.768
19760.856
19750.947
19740.978
19730.902
19720.757
19710.494
19700.446

Source

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 (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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