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Botswana: Net transfers on external debt, long-term

65.07Mcurrent USD · 2025+128.0% since 2015

Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. 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
202565,069,000
2024186,797,000
2023-66,306,000
202252,933,000
2021188,575,000
2020-82,990,000
2019-136,837,000
2018-126,422,000
2017-165,325,000
2016-106,367,000
2015-232,383,000
201458,768,000
2013-159,111,000
201294,159,000
2011521,418,000
2010-58,466,000
2009962,197,000
2008-12,061,000
20077,202,000
2006-50,671,000
2005-41,499,000
2004-25,604,000
2003-36,021,000
2002-57,932,000
2001-43,731,000
2000-39,327,000
1999-51,174,000
1998-53,341,000
1997-80,564,000
1996-123,602,000
1995-23,831,000
1994-32,580,000
199322,051,000
1992-12,077,000
199114,847,000
1990-78,082,000
1989-1,273,000
1988-17,934,000
198733,476,000
1986-5,494,000
198524,515,000
198449,059,000
198313,547,000
198245,412,000
198119,029,000
198014,608,000
19796,362,000
19783,301,000
197710,228,000
197622,258,000
197518,321,000
197415,252,000
197339,275,000
197243,712,000
197114,742,000
19705,116,000

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). Net transfers on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-transfers-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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