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Botswana: Net transfers, public sector, official creditors

65.07Mcurrent USD · 2025+146.8% since 2015

Public sector debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. 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. 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
202565,069,301.4
2024186,797,132.2
2023-62,103,680.3
202262,032,438.3
2021191,734,511.3
2020-88,586,550.4
2019-143,651,857.8
2018-117,338,017.8
2017-156,182,009.9
2016-97,204,674
2015-139,049,750.8
201421,094,039.4
2013-154,504,066.5
201215,224,468.5
2011521,681,460.2
2010-57,950,645.4
2009962,725,466
2008-6,848,927.5
20079,720,320.7
2006-48,084,106.2
2005-38,962,672.6
2004-24,562,185
2003-33,523,926.9
2002-55,379,382.2
2001-41,004,846.7
2000-34,909,896.1
1999-59,213,649.2
1998-47,330,530.5
1997-73,210,831.5
1996-106,489,842.8
1995-14,554,309.5
1994-29,464,292.5
1993-6,220,782.9
1992-7,180,624.9
199119,926,611.9
1990-56,074,231.2
19896,013,634.3
1988-12,730,251.1
198732,594,107.9
1986-7,958,216.1
198540,503,785.3
198447,671,632.6
198320,451,972
198215,886,231.2
198113,747,837.2
198012,756,705.7
19795,299,326.2
19782,764,768.1
197710,448,153.5
197619,589,777
197521,405,956
197415,590,982.6
197339,609,469.3
197243,983,571.1
197115,058,486.1
19702,228,000

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