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Zambia: Debt service on external debt, long-term

2.76Bcurrent USD · 2025+444.1% since 2015

Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. 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
20252,762,084,101.4
20243,770,681,709
2023782,527,592.7
20221,382,178,846
20211,703,987,337.1
20202,023,222,301.3
20192,652,989,367.7
20181,290,585,815.8
2017821,174,078.8
2016699,587,967.6
2015507,660,152.1
2014392,138,950.1
2013326,387,117.9
2012210,191,643.1
2011191,737,003.4
2010122,184,040.6
2009157,611,588.7
2008150,580,668.7
2007107,824,285.4
2006131,573,026.6
2005194,255,979.7
2004211,281,219.4
2003480,641,991.5
2002156,169,914.4
2001134,648,598
2000177,228,273.1
1999135,166,805.7
1998186,899,883.8
1997229,980,451.6
1996231,295,637.5
1995366,900,803.1
1994310,970,121.4
1993231,266,287.2
1992242,614,824.9
1991490,432,704.8
1990171,114,568.8
1989171,839,513.2
1988188,357,562.2
1987166,579,979.9
1986155,960,753.4
198586,567,344.7
1984112,561,593.9
1983123,088,986.1
1982186,424,540.9
1981334,446,424.5
1980328,437,789.2
1979305,172,354.8
1978296,884,084.6
1977235,998,802.4
1976157,853,519.1
1975123,436,042.2
1974135,094,423.5
1973384,034,822.7
1972126,450,725.3
197190,664,136.1
197072,004,365.5

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World Bank (2026). Debt service on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-service-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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