Botswana vs Eritrea: Overall budget balance, including grants

Botswana
-7.01 billion current LCU
in 2011
Eritrea
-4.45 billion current LCU
in 2009
Botswana rank
24th
Eritrea rank
22nd

Overall budget balance, including grants over time

  • Botswana
  • Eritrea
-10.0B-5.0B05.0B10.0B198419972011

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports -4.45 billion current LCU against -7.01 billion current LCU in Botswana, a difference of 2.56 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 24th and Eritrea ranks 22nd of 51 countries.

Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Eritrea Difference Ahead
1990s 500.36 million current LCU -801.09 million current LCU 1.30 billion current LCU Botswana
2000s 266.17 million current LCU -2.97 billion current LCU 3.24 billion current LCU Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Botswana or Eritrea?
Eritrea, at -4.45 billion current LCU against -7.01 billion current LCU in Botswana as of 2009.
What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Botswana and Eritrea?
2.56 billion current LCU, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eritrea?
18 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2009.
How do Botswana and Eritrea rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
Botswana ranks 24th and Eritrea ranks 22nd of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,403 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.