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Zambia: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate

10.71Bcurrent USD · 2025+134.1% since 2015

Variable interest rate is long-term external debt with interest rates that float with movements in a key market rate; for example, the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or the U.S. prime rate. This item conveys information about the borrower's exposure to changes in international interest rates. 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
202510,711,214,670.6
202412,627,542,145.6
202313,736,728,253.1
202214,363,379,807.2
202114,807,954,338
202019,538,793,610.3
201920,204,237,710.1
201815,979,407,229.4
201715,159,802,387
20167,913,335,970.4
20154,575,462,057.5
20143,414,486,124.1
20131,801,068,574.8
20121,408,374,000
20111,884,439,000
2010898,135,000
20091,072,533,000
20081,094,808,000
20071,006,947,000
2006832,970,000
2005760,072,805.6
20041,042,449,614.9
2003702,952,886.2
2002795,236,377.1
2001690,798,886.1
2000401,478,028.6
1999502,458,937
1998738,335,065.1
1997738,389,582
1996732,099,177.9
1995730,743,511.2
1994737,109,900.7
1993485,446,158.9
1992507,858,796.2
1991524,049,941.5
1990493,758,879.2
1989514,979,507.8
1988557,755,212.8
1987617,452,353.8
1986573,574,273.7
1985430,434,837.5
1984386,521,395.8
1983332,559,099
1982304,198,217.9
1981258,436,682.5
1980279,911,696.7
1979363,739,370.2
1978345,900,000
1977461,540,000
1976437,404,000
1975418,946,000
1974234,335,000
1973218,635,000
197243,016,000
197135,000,000
197030,000,000

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