Botswana vs Tunisia: Overall budget balance, including grants

Botswana
-7.01 billion current LCU
in 2011
Tunisia
-3.47 billion current LCU
in 2011
Botswana rank
24th
Tunisia rank
21st

Overall budget balance, including grants over time

  • Botswana
  • Tunisia
-10.0B-5.0B05.0B10.0B198019952011

How they compare

Tunisia currently reports -3.47 billion current LCU against -7.01 billion current LCU in Botswana, a difference of 3.55 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 24th and Tunisia ranks 21st of 51 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 3 and Tunisia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Tunisia Difference Ahead
1980s 475.22 million current LCU -139.98 million current LCU 615.20 million current LCU Botswana
1990s 412.47 million current LCU -697.16 million current LCU 1.11 billion current LCU Botswana
2000s 266.17 million current LCU -1.04 billion current LCU 1.31 billion current LCU Botswana
2010s -8.62 billion current LCU -2.13 billion current LCU 6.49 billion current LCU Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Botswana or Tunisia?
Tunisia, at -3.47 billion current LCU against -7.01 billion current LCU in Botswana as of 2011.
What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Botswana and Tunisia?
3.55 billion current LCU, with Tunisia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Tunisia?
28 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2011.
How do Botswana and Tunisia rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
Botswana ranks 24th and Tunisia ranks 21st 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.