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Botswana: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2024 · 53 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
33.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+10.7 pointsfrom 22.5%
Average, 2015–2024
23.0%10 years
Record high and low
41.7% (1972)low 5.93% (2007)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203164.4Forecast
203061.2Forecast
202958.6Forecast
202855.5Forecast
202751.9Forecast
202647.0Forecast
202538.6Forecast
202433.2
202322.5
202221.0
202122.3
202023.5
201921.5
201819.6
201719.6
201622.3
201524.5

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1972–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1998–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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