Botswana vs Finland: Central government debt, total

Botswana
52.12 billion current LCU
in 2023
Finland
52.86 billion current LCU
in 1994
Botswana rank
56th
Finland rank
55th

Central government debt, total over time

  • Botswana
  • Finland
020.0B40.0B60.0B199020062023

How they compare

Finland currently reports 52.86 billion current LCU against 52.12 billion current LCU in Botswana, a difference of 737.20 million current LCU.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.

Globally, Botswana ranks 56th and Finland ranks 55th of 83 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Central government debt, total (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,590 data points, 1970–2024
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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.