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Zambia: Average interest on new external debt commitments, official

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. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. 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
20204.937
20194.005
20185.252
20173.133
20162.898
20152.967
20142.269
20133.38
20121.099
20111.215
20102.553
20091.562
20080.75
20071.316
20061.205
20050.785
20040.827
20032.168
20021.05
20010.688
20000.765
19991.65
19980.891
19970.653
19962.001
19951.513
19941.458
19930.72
19921.048
19910.784
19906.466
19891.025
19883.855
19872.851
19864.701
19852.423
19846.569
19834.537
19824.273
19816.344
19803.503
19794.89
19782.999
19775.088
19766.033
19755.7
19744.588
19736.209
19725.947
19716.456
19701.407

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