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Botswana vs Lesotho: Interest payments

Botswana
4.0%
in 2023
Lesotho
4.0%
in 2022
Botswana rank
100th
Lesotho rank
102nd

Interest payments over time

  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
05101520198720052023

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 4.0% against 4.0% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Lesotho ahead.

Botswana ranks 100th and Lesotho ranks 102nd of 152 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (% of expense)
Unit
% of expense
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
193 places, 5,277 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.