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Zambia: Average interest on new external debt commitments, private

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 private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. 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
20240
20230
20220
20210
20209.85
20195.479
20184.939
20175.365
20163.737
20158.843
20147.533
20130
20125.375
20112.903
20100
20090
20081.449
20070
20067.847
20050
20040
20030
20020
20010
20000
19990
19980
19977
19960
199510.519
19946.352
19930
19923.5
19918.755
199011.029
198910.964
19888.253
198710.928
198610.431
19859.85
19849.477
198310.071
198212.385
198114.483
19808.818
197911.65
197810.88
19779.023
19767.889
19758.698
19748.568
197311.75
19726.747
19716.214
19706.613

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