Botswana vs Nepal: Interest payments

Botswana

4.0%

in 2023

Nepal

4.1%

in 2021

Botswana rank

100th

Nepal rank

99th

Interest payments over time

Botswana
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 4.1% against 4.0% in Botswana, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Nepal ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 100th and Nepal ranks 99th of 152 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Interest payments (% of expense)
Unit: % of expense
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 5,277 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.