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Botswana: Government debt

Millions of local currency · 1972–2024 · 53 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt

2024
87.3 billionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+47.0%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+10.1%a year

Government debt

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10M100M1B10B100B1T198019902000201020202030BotswanaBotswana
ForecastLocal currency

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031281,146Forecast
2030246,316Forecast
2029217,275Forecast
2028189,352Forecast
2027163,924Forecast
2026136,765Forecast
2025103,966Forecast
202487,313
202359,397
202252,756
202146,323
202040,209
201938,629
201834,124
201732,647
201636,732
201533,514

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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