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Zambia: Commitments, official creditors

0current USD · 2025-100.0% since 2015

Commitments are the amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. 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. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. 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 (current USD)Note
20250
2024224,989,792.5
2023391,522,705.4
20221,109,319,307.7
2021249,100,171.3
2020758,283,271.7
2019763,201,000
20181,666,066,145.7
20171,936,580,571.9
20161,913,295,732.9
2015953,465,918.7
2014672,355,587.7
20131,274,699,704.3
2012552,259,408.7
2011888,199,977
20101,114,750,572.6
2009556,282,951
2008122,360,309.4
2007143,552,265.8
2006139,491,027.6
200549,503,042.5
2004158,385,136.4
200365,089,275
200256,196,000
2001130,112,959.9
2000333,876,000
1999255,821,469.7
199880,000,000
1997208,469,899.1
1996143,206,822.3
1995368,353,642.3
1994325,540,821.3
1993202,451,650.8
1992356,665,644.2
1991315,421,889.6
1990129,479,842
198976,225,405.9
198863,585,646.5
1987265,403,070.5
1986239,692,666.8
1985246,416,888.3
1984317,105,570.3
1983131,626,635.1
1982338,621,246.5
1981271,001,136.4
1980259,726,745.6
1979549,106,275.6
1978293,058,842.4
197789,960,247.5
1976108,336,891.9
197574,072,291.9
1974174,347,815.9
1973254,276,969.3
197224,828,517.3
19717,250,887.9
1970254,897,231.1

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