Botswana vs Nepal: Total reserves

Botswana
149.1%
in 2024
Nepal
156.1%
in 2024
Botswana rank
9th
Nepal rank
7th

Total reserves over time

  • Botswana
  • Nepal
05001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k197119972024

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 156.1% against 149.1% in Botswana, a difference of 7.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Nepal ahead.

Botswana ranks 9th and Nepal ranks 7th of 111 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 5 and Nepal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Nepal Difference Ahead
1970s 103.4% 193.0% 89.6% Nepal
1980s 266.3% 48.0% 218.3% Botswana
1990s 786.3% 28.4% 757.9% Botswana
2000s 1,454.6% 49.8% 1,404.8% Botswana
2010s 361.6% 145.9% 215.8% Botswana
2020s 225.8% 127.3% 98.5% Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total reserves, Botswana or Nepal?
Nepal, at 156.1% against 149.1% in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in total reserves between Botswana and Nepal?
7.0%, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Nepal?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Nepal rank globally for total reserves?
Botswana ranks 9th and Nepal ranks 7th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Total reserves (% of total external debt). 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 Nepal: Total reserves. Statizoid, drawing on International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/total-reserves-percent-of-total-external-debt/botswana/nepal/

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://financial-sector.statizoid.com/compare/total-reserves-percent-of-total-external-debt/botswana/nepal/">Botswana vs Nepal: Total reserves</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Total reserves (% of total external debt)
Unit
% of total external debt
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
151 places, 6,910 data points, 1971–2024
Last refreshed

Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.