Botswana vs Zambia: Net incurrence of liabilities, total

Botswana
8.29 billion current LCU
in 2023
Zambia
5.27 billion current LCU
in 2024
Botswana rank
85th
Zambia rank
88th

Net incurrence of liabilities, total over time

  • Botswana
  • Zambia
010.0B20.0B30.0B40.0B199020072024

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 8.29 billion current LCU against 5.27 billion current LCU in Zambia, a difference of 3.03 billion current LCU.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.6 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 85th and Zambia ranks 88th of 136 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net incurrence of liabilities, total (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
136 places, 2,974 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Net incurrence of government liabilities includes foreign financing (obtained from nonresidents) and domestic financing (obtained from residents), or the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. The net incurrence of liabilities should be offset by the net acquisition of financial assets. 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.