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Botswana: Net flows on external debt, short-term

-29.34Mcurrent USD · 2025+15.8% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-29,343,000
2024-145,599,000
2023178,236,000
2022-43,938,000
2021-61,797,000
202078,560,000
2019-111,655,000
2018143,060,000
2017-271,075,000
2016-5,727,000
2015-34,848,000
201422,199,000
2013-18,749,000
20129,000,000
201147,000,000
2010202,000,000
2009113,000,000
200823,000,000
200722,000,000
2006-42,000,000
200521,000,000
2004-2,000,000
200310,000,000
2002-3,000,000
20017,000,000
2000-10,710,000
199912,280,000
1998-32,570,000
199734,000,000
19962,020,000
1995580,000
1994200,000
19930
19920
19910
1990100,000
1989-100,000
19880
1987200,000
19861,000,000
1985-3,000,000
19841,000,000
19831,000,000
1982-5,000,000
19814,000,000
1980-13,000,000
197914,000,000
19780
19773,000,000
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700

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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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