Botswana vs Papua New Guinea: Net financial flows, RDB nonconcessional

Botswana
69.29 million NFL, current US$
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
89.40 million NFL, current US$
in 2024
Botswana rank
31st
Papua New Guinea rank
29th

Net financial flows, RDB nonconcessional over time

  • Botswana
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 89.40 million NFL, current US$ against 69.29 million NFL, current US$ in Botswana, a difference of 20.12 million NFL, current US$.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Botswana ranks 31st and Papua New Guinea ranks 29th of 101 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 1.21 million NFL, current US$ 2.79 million NFL, current US$ 1.58 million NFL, current US$ Papua New Guinea
1980s 7.39 million NFL, current US$ 6.47 million NFL, current US$ 921,065 NFL, current US$ Botswana
1990s 1.12 million NFL, current US$ 5.42 million NFL, current US$ 4.30 million NFL, current US$ Papua New Guinea
2000s 88.56 million NFL, current US$ -1.26 million NFL, current US$ 89.82 million NFL, current US$ Botswana
2010s -406,493 NFL, current US$ 73.46 million NFL, current US$ 73.87 million NFL, current US$ Papua New Guinea
2020s -25.73 million NFL, current US$ 249.11 million NFL, current US$ 274.83 million NFL, current US$ Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net financial flows, rdb nonconcessional, Botswana or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 89.40 million NFL, current US$ against 69.29 million NFL, current US$ in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in net financial flows, rdb nonconcessional between Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
20.12 million NFL, current US$, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Papua New Guinea?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for net financial flows, rdb nonconcessional?
Botswana ranks 31st and Papua New Guinea ranks 29th of 101 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Net financial flows, RDB nonconcessional (NFL, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Net financial flows, RDB nonconcessional (NFL, current US$)
Unit
NFL, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
113 places, 4,413 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. Nonconcessional financial flows cover all disbursements except those made through concessional lending facilities. Regional development banks are the African Development Bank, in Tunis, Tunisia, which serves all of Africa, including North Africa; the Asian Development Bank, in Manila, Philippines, which serves South and Central Asia and East Asia and Pacific; the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, in London, United Kingdom, which serves Europe and Central Asia; and the Inter-American Development Bank, in Washington, D.C., which serves the Americas. Aggregates include amounts for economies not specified elsewhere. Data are in current U.S. dollars.