Botswana vs Upper middle income: Total reserves
Total reserves over time
- Botswana
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 149.1% against 81.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 67.6%.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.8 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 49 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 111 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 103.4% | 20.7% | 82.7% | Botswana |
| 1980s | 266.3% | 16.2% | 250.2% | Botswana |
| 1990s | 786.3% | 25.5% | 760.7% | Botswana |
| 2000s | 1,454.6% | 81.0% | 1,373.6% | Botswana |
| 2010s | 361.6% | 109.8% | 251.8% | Botswana |
| 2020s | 225.8% | 80.2% | 145.6% | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves, Botswana or Upper middle income?
- Botswana, at 149.1% against 81.5% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total reserves between Botswana and Upper middle income?
- 67.6%, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Upper middle income?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Upper middle income rank globally for total reserves?
- Botswana ranks 9th and Upper middle income ranks 6th 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.
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About this data
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.