Botswana External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

Key information about Botswana External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

• Botswana External Debt: Short Term accounted for 1.5 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 0.6 % in the previous year.
• Botswana External Debt: Short Term: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from 1994 to 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 3.0 % in 2012 and a record low of 0.0 % in 2006.

CEIC calculates Short Term External Debt as % of Nominal GDP from annual Short Term External Debt and quarterly Nominal GDP. The World Bank provides Short Term External Debt in USD. Statistics Botswana provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008. The Bank of Botswana average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Nominal GDP prior to 2006 is based on SNA 1993.


Related information about Botswana External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Botswana, Current Account recorded a surplus of 495.2 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell by 38.1 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• Botswana Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 1.1 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 1.2 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• Botswana External Debt: Short Term value stood at 290.3 USD mn in Dec 2023.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 5.1 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Botswana's External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP from 1994 to 2023 in the chart:

What was Botswana's External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP in 2023?

Botswana External Debt: Short Term accounted for 1.5 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 0.6 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
1.5 2023	0.6 2022	0.0 2006	3.0 2012	%	yearly	1994 - 2023

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