Botswana vs Namibia: Expense

Botswana

69.39 billion current LCU

in 2024

Namibia

83.53 billion current LCU

in 2023

Botswana rank

104th

Namibia rank

101st

Expense over time

Botswana
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 83.53 billion current LCU against 69.39 billion current LCU in Botswana, a difference of 14.14 billion current LCU.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 104th and Namibia ranks 101st of 157 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Expense (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: 157 places, 4,452 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. 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.