Botswana vs Lesotho: External debt stocks, long-term

Botswana
1.85 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Lesotho
1.62 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Botswana rank
94th
Lesotho rank
97th

External debt stocks, long-term over time

  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 1.85 billion DOD, current US$ against 1.62 billion DOD, current US$ in Lesotho, a difference of 227.35 million DOD, current US$.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Botswana ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 94th and Lesotho ranks 97th of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, long-term (DOD, current US$)
Unit
DOD, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
133 places, 6,432 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.