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Zambia: Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed

0current USD · 2025-100.0% since 2015

Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. 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
2020768,283,271.7
20191,611,679,000
20182,918,463,426.4
20175,237,473,571.9
20163,314,550,732.9
20152,233,465,918.7
20141,875,537,587.7
20131,274,699,704.3
20121,302,259,408.7
20111,172,938,977
20101,114,750,572.6
2009556,282,951
2008143,864,349.4
2007143,552,265.8
2006197,205,027.6
200549,503,042.5
2004158,385,136.4
200365,089,275
200272,606,000
2001130,112,959.9
2000333,876,000
1999255,821,469.7
199880,000,000
1997252,773,899.1
1996143,206,822.3
1995381,853,642.3
1994355,687,196
1993202,451,650.8
1992367,869,644.2
1991318,421,889.6
1990201,874,716.8
1989222,383,430.7
198894,318,940
1987280,718,193.5
1986368,601,619.5
1985249,230,475.1
1984368,792,566.3
1983143,577,765.6
1982464,562,642.5
1981418,404,502
1980631,251,380.2
1979683,584,077.2
1978424,946,603.9
1977149,651,105.6
1976207,395,172.5
1975345,631,142.3
1974265,435,766.5
1973426,326,618.7
1972145,978,308.3
197110,459,100.4
1970556,467,739.6

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World Bank (2026). Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-public-and-publicly-guaranteed (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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