Botswana Household Debt

2002 - 2023 | Monthly | USD mn | CEIC Data

Key information about Botswana Household Debt

  • Botswana Household Debt reached 4.0 USD bn in Dec 2023, compared with the reported number of 3.9 USD bn in the previous month
  • Botswana Household Debt: USD mn data is updated monthly, available from Dec 2002 to Dec 2023
  • The data reached an all-time high of 4.1 USD bn in May 2021 and a record low of 651.3 USD mn in Dec 2002

CEIC converts monthly Household Debt into USD. The Bank of Botswana provides Household Debt in local currency. The Bank of Botswana period end market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Loans are used due to the lack of Flow of Funds statistics.


Further information about Botswana Household Debt

  • In the latest reports, Botswana Household Debt accounted for 19.5 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2023
  • Money Supply M2 in Botswana increased 8.1 USD bn YoY in Nov 2023
  • Botswana Foreign Exchange Reserves was measured at 5.2 USD bn in Apr 2021
  • The Foreign Exchange Reserves equaled 8.2 Months of Import in Mar 2023
  • Botswana Domestic Credit reached 6.0 USD bn in Feb 2023, representing an increased of 8.6 % YoY

View Botswana's Household Debt from Dec 2002 to Dec 2023 in the chart:

Botswana Household Debt

What was Botswana's Household Debt in Dec 2023?

Botswana Household Debt reached 4.0 USD bn in Dec 2023, compared with the reported number of 3.9 USD bn in the previous month See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
3,970.3 Dec 2023 3,935.0 Nov 2023 651.3 Dec 2002 4,120.5 May 2021 USD mn monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023

Household Debt by Country Comparison

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country/region Last Frequency Range
Albania (USD mn) 2,896.2 Nov 2023 monthly Jul 2007 - Nov 2023
Argentina (USD mn) 10,022.5 Feb 2024 monthly Jul 2002 - Feb 2024
Armenia (USD mn) 6,027.3 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2000 - Jan 2024
Australia (USD mn) 1,942,034.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Jun 1988 - Sep 2023
Austria (USD mn) 229,279.1 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1999 - Sep 2023
Azerbaijan (USD mn) 8,291.7 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2005 - Jan 2024
Belarus (USD mn) 6,678.9 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2006 - Jan 2024
Belgium (USD mn) 365,548.5 Dec 2022 quarterly Dec 1992 - Dec 2022
Bolivia (USD mn) 5,030.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Jun 1999 - Sep 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina (USD mn) 6,662.1 Dec 2023 monthly Aug 1997 - Dec 2023
Botswana (USD mn) 3,970.3 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Brunei (USD mn) 2,130.8 Mar 2023 quarterly Mar 2011 - Mar 2023
Bulgaria (USD mn) 23,680.7 2021 yearly 1995 - 2021
Cambodia (USD mn) 12,169.5 Dec 2023 monthly Jul 2008 - Dec 2023
Canada (USD mn) 2,206,993.6 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 1969 - Dec 2023
Chile (USD mn) 122,520.6 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2009 - Jan 2024
China (USD mn) 11,313,226.3 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2007 - Jan 2024
Colombia (USD mn) 78,930.7 Nov 2023 monthly Apr 1995 - Nov 2023
Croatia (USD mn) 23,656.6 Dec 2022 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2022
Cyprus (USD mn) 27,517.3 2021 yearly 1995 - 2021
Czech Republic (USD mn) 116,422.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Denmark (USD mn) 353,730.6 2022 yearly 1994 - 2022
Ecuador (USD mn) 20,017.6 Jan 2024 monthly Oct 2006 - Jan 2024
Egypt (USD mn) 30,435.5 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Estonia (USD mn) 14,990.1 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2003 - Sep 2023
European Union (USD mn) 7,192,333.1 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1999 - Jan 2024
Finland (USD mn) 216,720.1 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
France (USD mn) 2,117,386.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1977 - Sep 2023
Georgia (USD mn) 10,111.0 Dec 2023 monthly Oct 2003 - Dec 2023
Germany (USD mn) 2,275,560.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1991 - Sep 2023
Greece (USD mn) 111,200.2 Dec 2022 quarterly Dec 1997 - Dec 2022
Hong Kong SAR, China (USD mn) 355,070.8 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 1982 - Dec 2023
Hungary (USD mn) 39,610.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1989 - Sep 2023
Iceland (USD mn) 22,263.8 Jun 2023 quarterly Dec 1991 - Jun 2023
India (USD mn) 440,993.6 2022 yearly 1998 - 2022
Indonesia (USD mn) 127,013.2 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2002 - Jan 2024
Ireland (USD mn) 156,833.4 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2002 - Jun 2023
Israel (USD mn) 213,131.7 Nov 2023 monthly Sep 1992 - Nov 2023
Italy (USD mn) 1,077,292.4 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1995 - Sep 2023
Japan (USD mn) 2,650,300.4 Jun 2023 quarterly Dec 1997 - Jun 2023
Jordan (USD mn) 41,556.7 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2002 - Nov 2023
Kazakhstan (USD mn) 41,449.0 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 1997 - Jan 2024
South Korea (USD mn) 1,742,901.9 Mar 2023 quarterly Dec 2002 - Mar 2023
Kosovo (USD mn) 2,090.5 Jan 2024 monthly Sep 2002 - Jan 2024
Kuwait (USD mn) 951.9 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2002 - Nov 2023
Kyrgyzstan (USD mn) 963.5 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1996 - Jan 2024
Latvia (USD mn) 8,741.5 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2023
Lithuania (USD mn) 17,947.1 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 1995 - Jun 2023
Luxembourg (USD mn) 57,107.4 Mar 2023 quarterly Mar 1995 - Mar 2023
Macau SAR, China (USD mn) 41,973.8 Mar 2023 quarterly Dec 1998 - Mar 2023
North Macedonia (USD mn) 4,022.9 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Jan 2024
Malawi (USD mn) 17.7 Dec 2011 monthly Jan 2006 - Dec 2011
Malaysia (USD mn) 329,848.6 2022 yearly 2002 - 2022
Malta (USD mn) 9,117.1 Jan 2024 monthly Oct 2003 - Jan 2024
Mexico (USD mn) 305,880.2 Dec 2023 quarterly Dec 2000 - Dec 2023
Mongolia (USD mn) 4,710.5 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2004 - Jan 2024
Montenegro (USD mn) 1,869.3 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2004 - Dec 2023
Morocco (USD mn) 34,387.9 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2001 - Jan 2024
Netherlands (USD mn) 1,003,021.3 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1999 - Sep 2023
New Zealand (USD mn) 228,260.2 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 1990 - Jan 2024
Norway (USD mn) 430,059.9 Jun 2023 quarterly Dec 1995 - Jun 2023
Panama (USD mn) 31,588.9 Nov 2023 monthly Oct 2005 - Nov 2023
Peru (USD mn) 44,671.0 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 2001 - Jan 2024
Philippines (USD mn) 42,353.4 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2009 - Jun 2023
Poland (USD mn) 186,748.1 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2003 - Sep 2023
Portugal (USD mn) 190,497.6 Dec 2022 quarterly Dec 1994 - Dec 2022
Romania (USD mn) 50,322.9 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2007 - Sep 2023
Russia (USD mn) 399,645.6 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2000 - Jan 2024
Saudi Arabia (USD mn) 125,038.9 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 1998 - Dec 2023
Serbia (USD mn) 13,637.4 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2003 - Jan 2024
Singapore (USD mn) 273,806.9 Jan 2024 monthly Mar 2004 - Jan 2024
Slovakia (USD mn) 58,762.6 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Slovenia (USD mn) 18,465.5 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2023
South Africa (USD mn) 147,526.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1969 - Sep 2023
Spain (USD mn) 784,758.9 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 1989 - Sep 2023
Sri Lanka (USD mn) 6,407.8 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2010 - Jun 2023
Sweden (USD mn) 500,405.3 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1996 - Sep 2023
Switzerland (USD mn) 1,085,441.0 2022 yearly 1999 - 2022
Syria (USD mn) 8,543.6 Dec 2011 monthly Dec 2006 - Dec 2011
Taiwan (USD mn) 674,808.7 2022 yearly 2000 - 2022
Thailand (USD mn) 436,311.8 Dec 2022 quarterly Mar 2003 - Dec 2022
Tunisia (USD mn) 14.4 Mar 2021 monthly Jan 2007 - Mar 2021
Turkey (USD mn) 88,562.3 Jan 2024 monthly Jan 1986 - Jan 2024
Ukraine (USD mn) 6,386.4 Jan 2024 monthly Dec 2002 - Jan 2024
United Arab Emirates (USD mn) 457,475.8 Apr 2023 monthly Dec 2013 - Apr 2023
United Kingdom (USD mn) 2,746,085.8 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1987 - Sep 2023
United States (USD mn) 17,291,000.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 1999 - Sep 2023
Uruguay (USD mn) 6,856.5 May 2022 monthly Jun 2005 - May 2022
Venezuela (USD mn) 27.5 Mar 2023 monthly Jan 2004 - Mar 2023

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Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) 2.5 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2023
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) -37.355 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 496.639 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 34.0 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2007 - Jun 2023
National Government Debt (USD mn) 3,497.5 2023 yearly 2002 - 2023
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 17.2 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 2014 - Jun 2023
Forecast: Government Expenditure (BWP bn) 115.893 2029 yearly 1981 - 2029
Forecast: Government Net Debt (BWP bn) 68.318 2029 yearly 1999 - 2029
Forecast: Government Revenue (BWP bn) 117.911 2029 yearly 2000 - 2029
Government Budget: Revenue (BWP mn) 10,566.963 Jul 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jul 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure: Net Lending (BWP mn) -8.630 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Revenue: Tax (BWP mn) 6,680.970 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure: Recurrent (BWP mn) 5,717.440 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure (BWP mn) 7,433.300 Jul 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jul 2023
Government Budget: Surplus/Deficit (BWP mn) -502.517 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 4.332 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -133.1 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2001 - Dec 2023
Total Exports (USD mn) 342.2 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Total Exports Growth (%) -41.5 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2004 - Dec 2023
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 492.299 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 4,642.194 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 12,558.330 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Total Imports (USD mn) 475.3 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Total Imports Growth (%) -19.3 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2004 - Dec 2023
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 106,766.483 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 30,187.371 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 5.149 Nov 2023 monthly Feb 2019 - Nov 2023
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 11.960 Sep 2023 monthly Jan 2000 - Sep 2023
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 25.277 Oct 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Oct 2023
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 12.138 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2000 - Dec 2023
BW: Imports: cif: World (USD mn) 1,606.002 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2000 - Sep 2023
Foreign Trade: Exports: Re-Exports (BWP mn) 0.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2005 - Dec 2023
Foreign Trade: Exports (BWP mn) 4,623.300 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Foreign Trade: Imports (BWP mn) 6,421.500 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Foreign Trade Balance (BWP mn) -1,798.200 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Copper and Nickel (BWP mn) 629.300 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Meat and Meat Products (BWP mn) 17.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Diamonds (BWP mn) 3,453.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Machinery and Electric Equipment (BWP mn) 101.400 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Vehicles and Transport Equipment (BWP mn) 20.200 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Iron Steels and Related Products (BWP mn) 21.100 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Exports: Asia: Israel (BWP mn) 75.900 Nov 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Nov 2023
Exports: EU: Belgium (BWP mn) 460.400 Nov 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Nov 2023
Exports: Africa: SACU: South Africa (BWP mn) 637.700 Nov 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Nov 2023
Imports: Machinery and Electric Equipment (BWP mn) 766.000 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Food, Beverages and Tobacco (BWP mn) 1,042.300 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Fuel (BWP mn) 1,400.500 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Chemicals and Rubber Products (BWP mn) 742.700 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Diamonds (BWP mn) 1,007.400 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2005 - Dec 2023
Imports: Metals and Metal Products (BWP mn) 357.900 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Vehicles and Transport Equipment (BWP mn) 436.800 Dec 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2023
Imports: Africa: SADC: SACU: Namibia (BWP mn) 699.000 Dec 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2023
Imports: Africa: SADC: SACU: South Africa (BWP mn) 4,506.900 Dec 2023 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2023
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) -9.7 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Current Account Balance (USD mn) -44.3 Dec 2022 quarterly Mar 2004 - Dec 2022
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 1.2 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) 50.1 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) 1.0 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 7.314 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.2 Sep 2023 quarterly Mar 2004 - Sep 2023
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 72.4 2021 yearly 1975 - 2021
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 0.000 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
External Debt (USD mn) 1,431.8 2023 yearly 1994 - 2023
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 7.3 2023 yearly 1995 - 2023
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 156.0 2021 yearly 1973 - 2021
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 0.8 2021 yearly 1994 - 2021
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) 0.165 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) 5,345.403 2022 yearly 1996 - 2022
BW: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn) -370.483 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid (USD mn) 236.647 2021 yearly 1975 - 2021
BW: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods (USD mn) 555.698 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods (USD mn) 8,312.499 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods (USD mn) 7,756.801 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts (USD mn) 139.931 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Net (USD mn) -585.220 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
BW: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service (USD mn) 587.659 2022 yearly 1975 - 2022
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 3.4 Dec 2023 quarterly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 19.5 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2002 - Sep 2023
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 204.363 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 2001 - Dec 2023
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 2,323.480 Nov 2023 monthly Dec 2000 - Nov 2023
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 8,132.478 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2001 - Nov 2023
M2 Growth (%) 8.6 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2002 - Nov 2023
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 2.5 Feb 2021 monthly Feb 2006 - Feb 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 5,165.9 Apr 2021 monthly Jan 1992 - Apr 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 24.152 Jun 2023 quarterly Jun 1994 - Jun 2023
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 8.2 Mar 2023 monthly Jan 2003 - Mar 2023
Total Deposits (USD mn) 7,756.652 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Total Deposits Growth (%) 14.5 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2003 - Dec 2023
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 6,007.9 Feb 2023 monthly Dec 2004 - Feb 2023
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 8.6 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2005 - Sep 2023
Household Debt (USD mn) 3,970.3 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Total Loans (USD mn) 6,093.869 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2023
Total Loans Growth (%) 11.97 Dec 2023 monthly Dec 2003 - Dec 2023
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 27.73 Sep 2023 quarterly Dec 2002 - Sep 2023
Monetary Aggregates: M2 (BWP mn) 109,898.347 Nov 2023 monthly Jan 2001 - Nov 2023
Monetary Aggregates: M1 (BWP mn) 31,398.381 Nov 2023 monthly Dec 2004 - Nov 2023
Bank of Botswana: Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD th) 5,035,000.000 Aug 2023 monthly Jan 1992 - Aug 2023
Commercial Banks Loans and Advances: Arrears: Over 90 Days (BWP mn) 2,743.128 Dec 2023 quarterly Mar 2001 - Dec 2023

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