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Botswana: Short-term debt (% of total external debt)

6.24percent · 2024-62.9% since 2014

Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Annual figures for Botswana from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.241
202313.288
20225.594
20217.808
202013.585
20198.9
201814.141
20176.224
201617.861
201517.301
201416.843
201316.705
201216.525
201116.992
201019.923
20099.615
200810.034
20075.174
20060
20059.12
20044.071
20034.474
20022.646
20013.996
20001.989
19993.863
19981.396
19976.96
19960.96
19951.421
19941.603
19931.169
19921.04
19911.083
19901.045
19890.647
19880.705
19870.783
19860.765
19850.579
19841.873
19831.753
19821.465
19815.014
19802.949
197913.169
19782.39
19771.617
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700

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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). Short-term debt (% of total external debt). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-short-term-debt-dt-dod-dstc-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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