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Zambia: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate public and publicly guaranteed debt

4.72Bcurrent USD · 2025+407.6% since 2015

Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate public and publicly guaranteed debt Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Zambia from 1972 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20254,723,833,670.6
20245,904,750,145.6
20235,904,422,253.1
20226,441,394,807.2
20216,507,374,338
20206,473,010,610.3
20195,472,889,710.1
20183,678,807,229.4
20172,685,602,387
20161,327,301,970.4
2015930,653,057.5
2014848,409,124.1
2013743,756,574.8
2012645,824,000
2011366,968,000
2010103,835,000
200952,533,000
200846,308,000
200726,247,000
20066,549,000
2005163,919,805.6
2004476,672,614.9
2003450,578,886.2
2002575,708,377.1
2001536,731,886.1
2000336,906,028.6
1999429,695,937
1998709,881,065.1
1997725,935,582
1996716,145,177.9
1995717,289,511.2
1994723,655,900.7
1993472,301,158.9
1992493,713,796.2
1991520,152,941.5
1990491,810,879.2
1989514,979,507.8
1988557,755,212.8
1987617,452,353.8
1986573,574,273.7
1985430,434,837.5
1984363,121,395.8
1983307,759,099
1982260,698,217.9
1981208,436,682.5
1980193,211,696.7
1979238,739,370.2
1978195,900,000
1977286,540,000
1976322,404,000
1975298,946,000
1974150,035,000
1973162,335,000
19723,016,000

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Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate public and publicly guaranteed debt. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-external-debt-stocks-variable-rate-public (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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