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Botswana: Government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef

2024
−19.1 billionlocal currency

Government deficit

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-40B-30B-20B-10B010B198019902000201020202030BotswanaBotswana
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-32,577Forecast
2030-28,493Forecast
2029-27,770Forecast
2028-25,916Forecast
2027-24,605Forecast
2026-31,092Forecast
2025-19,969Forecast
2024-19,098
2023-10,988
202289.4
2021-4,851
2020-18,591
2019-15,323
2018-8,740
2017-1,905
20161,174
2015-6,608

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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