Interest payments in Botswana
Botswana: Interest payments was 4.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Interest payments in Botswana, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, interest payments in Botswana stood at 4.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 57.6% on the previous year and up 107.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Botswana peaked at 4.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2008.
That places Botswana 100th out of 152 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Botswana
- Arms imports 11.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Tax revenue 22.4% (2023)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 32.4% (2023)
- Taxes on goods and services 14.5% (2023)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 6.1% (2023)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -4.2% (2023)
- Interest payments 3.4% (2023)
- Grants and other revenue 20.3% (2023)
- Other taxes 0.1% (2023)
- Compensation of employees 54.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Botswana?
- Interest payments in Botswana was 4.0% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2008.
- How does Botswana rank for interest payments?
- Botswana ranks 100th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.