Botswana vs Papua New Guinea: Interest payments

Botswana
2.55 billion current LCU
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
2.95 billion current LCU
in 2024
Botswana rank
106th
Papua New Guinea rank
104th

Interest payments over time

  • Botswana
  • Papua New Guinea
01.0B2.0B3.0B199020072024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.95 billion current LCU against 2.55 billion current LCU in Botswana, a difference of 407.03 million current LCU.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Globally, Botswana ranks 106th and Papua New Guinea ranks 104th of 155 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Interest payments (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
155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. 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.