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Botswana: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2024 · 53 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
32.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+10.3 pointsfrom 22.5%
Average, 2015–2024
23.4%10 years
Record high and low
43.4% (1973)low 6.12% (2007)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202432.8
202322.5
202221.3
202123.4
202024.8
201921.3
201819.8
201719.8
201622.4
201525.7

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1972–2024
  • WDI (archive)1977–1996
  • World Development Indicators1990–2023

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Botswana documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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