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Zambia: Debt outstanding, public sector, bilateral

5.20Bcurrent USD · 2025+128.0% since 2015

Public sector bilateral debt includes loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. 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
20255,200,611,098
20244,826,358,156.9
20234,820,255,364.9
20224,885,238,088.1
20214,922,534,679.7
20204,775,117,365.7
20194,244,055,522.9
20183,391,079,986.9
20173,010,240,456.5
20162,688,676,009.7
20152,280,949,506.1
20141,937,497,053.1
20131,544,587,397.8
20121,502,748,791.2
20111,044,701,971.5
2010330,842,714.2
2009225,037,447.4
2008232,589,962
2007244,018,281.6
2006183,832,701.5
2005490,374,712.7
20042,074,562,122.3
20032,109,224,520.9
20022,038,477,247.2
20012,013,932,264.3
20001,991,448,939.4
19992,125,938,389.7
19982,951,833,360.2
19972,892,031,256.9
19963,005,786,037.4
19952,944,507,220.4
19942,987,659,353.7
19932,397,835,275
19922,603,505,889.6
19912,822,155,315.6
19902,707,648,035.5
19892,349,163,522.6
19882,587,093,253.5
19872,536,685,642
19862,187,750,922.3
19851,768,056,324.7
19841,569,098,908.1
19831,484,792,886.5
19821,203,030,536.8
19811,135,966,376.4
19801,093,268,552.7
1979881,470,563.5
1978586,427,474.2
1977471,949,845.5
1976418,500,563.8
1975350,243,270.4
1974281,996,947.7
1973179,476,298.7
1972107,885,315.6
197183,545,243.9
197058,954,757.4

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, public sector, bilateral. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-public-sector-bilateral (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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