Botswana vs Madagascar: Total debt service

Botswana
0.4%
in 2011
Madagascar
0.4%
in 2011
Botswana rank
41st
Madagascar rank
40th

Total debt service over time

  • Botswana
  • Madagascar
0246810197019902011

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Botswana, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Madagascar ahead.

Botswana ranks 41st and Madagascar ranks 40th of 50 countries.

Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Madagascar Difference Ahead
1970s 1.1% 3.2% 2.1% Madagascar
1980s 2.5% 5.5% 3.0% Madagascar
1990s 2.1% 3.8% 1.7% Madagascar
2000s 0.7% 1.3% 0.7% Madagascar
2010s 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total debt service, Botswana or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Botswana as of 2011.
What is the difference in total debt service between Botswana and Madagascar?
0.0%, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Madagascar?
42 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2011.
How do Botswana and Madagascar rank globally for total debt service?
Botswana ranks 41st and Madagascar ranks 40th of 50 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank, Global Development Finance, published as Total debt service (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Botswana vs Madagascar: Total debt service. Statizoid, drawing on World Bank, Global Development Finance. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/total-debt-service-percent-of-gdp/botswana/madagascar/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/total-debt-service-percent-of-gdp/botswana/madagascar/">Botswana vs Madagascar: Total debt service</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Total debt service (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
World Bank, Global Development Finance
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
56 places, 2,088 data points, 1970–2011
Last refreshed

Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.