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Botswana - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 13.63

World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 175 economies tracked

Latest value

13.63 (2025)

Global rank

##5 of 175 economies

Share of global total

0.1%

Growth since 1990

0.94×

Ranking Race — Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#14#27#40#53#66#7919901995200020052010201520202025#4#52019 overtook Timor-Leste2025 overtook Iraq
BotswanaAlgeriaNaoeroRussian FederationChina

Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Botswana climbed from #4 to #5 (overtook Timor-Leste). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Botswana

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2019
Overtook Timor-Leste in global rank auto
2025
Overtook Iraq in global rank auto

Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), 1990-2025

World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
199020002010202020253.688.4913.2918.1

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