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Botswana: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

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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