Botswana vs Lesotho: External debt stocks, total

Botswana
2.32 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Lesotho
1.77 billion DOD, current US$
in 2024
Botswana rank
99th
Lesotho rank
102nd

External debt stocks, total over time

  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 2.32 billion DOD, current US$ against 1.77 billion DOD, current US$ in Lesotho, a difference of 544.84 million DOD, current US$.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.3 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 99th and Lesotho ranks 102nd of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, total (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, 6,444 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.