Interest payments in Botswana
Botswana: Interest payments was 3.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Botswana, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 3.4% for interest payments in 2023. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 57.2% on the previous year and up 143.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Botswana peaked at 3.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2006.
That places Botswana 111th out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Interest payments in Botswana, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.4% | — |
| 1991 | 1.5% | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.9% | +28.4% |
| 1995 | 1.7% | -11.6% |
| 1996 | 1.3% | -26.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -31.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +33.0% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +33.0% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +35.5% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -29.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | +28.1% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | +57.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.7% | 3.4% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Botswana
- Arms imports 11.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 4.36 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 1,000 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 11.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 225.22 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0294 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 16.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 567.82 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1.76 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Botswana?
- Interest payments in Botswana was 3.4% 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 3.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2006.
- How does Botswana rank for interest payments?
- Botswana ranks 111th out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 143.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 revenue). 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 a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.