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Zambia: Average interest on new external debt commitments

0percent · 2025-100.0% since 2015

Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Zambia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250
20243.635
20230.695
20222.11
20211.949
20205.001
20194.781
20185.118
20174.54
20163.252
20156.335
20145.646
20133.38
20123.562
20111.625
20102.553
20091.562
20080.854
20071.316
20063.149
20050.785
20040.827
20032.168
20020.812
20010.688
20000.765
19991.65
19980.891
19971.765
19962.001
19951.832
19941.873
19930.72
19921.122
19910.859
19908.103
19897.557
19885.288
19873.292
19866.705
19852.507
19846.976
19834.998
19826.472
19819.211
19806.631
19796.22
19785.445
19776.658
19766.92
19758.055
19745.954
19738.445
19726.611
19716.382
19704.228

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