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Zambia: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

114.20percent · 2024+214.6% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Zambia from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024114.202
2023110.676
2022103.674
2021133.552
2020167.518
2019128.347
201895.025
201796.006
201677.571
201559.075
201436.295
201324.801
201224.657
201123.314
201022.858
200924.42
200817.787
200721.899
200619.421
200569.739
2004129.644
2003144.622
2002165.238
2001157.635
2000168.746
1999183.715
1998207.25
1997164.34
1996208.186
1995195.171
1994199.056
1993214.607
1992233.667
1991232.499
1990229.538
1989182.66
1988201.742
1987337.282
1986414.943
1985225.956
1984153.576
1983121.982
1982100.756
198192.669
198090.483
197999.17
197897.853
197797.183
197675.956
197574.005
197443.938
197345.891
197252.906
197153.49
197046.7

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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