World Bank · Debt

Zambia: External debt stocks, long-term

22.20Bcurrent USD · 2024+183.8% since 2014

Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Zambia from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202422,196,046,703.4
202323,216,924,393.9
202223,640,776,313
202123,558,570,669.3
202028,123,313,164.4
201927,890,781,311.5
201823,279,415,896.8
201722,045,312,966.9
201614,181,489,305.8
201510,664,854,266
20147,821,098,917
20134,809,339,953.1
20124,234,445,571.3
20113,535,547,181.7
20102,053,596,023.9
20092,114,470,773.8
20082,088,144,288.8
20071,992,973,672.2
20061,683,040,441.1
20054,446,914,162.2
20046,415,178,795.7
20035,832,884,114.7
20025,481,556,478.1
20014,985,202,975.2
20004,509,221,851
19994,578,198,570.8
19985,354,765,136.3
19975,263,929,347.6
19965,385,128,780.2
19955,304,217,817.7
19945,193,916,915.9
19934,404,415,795.3
19924,520,348,878.5
19914,698,679,001.8
19904,543,084,917.5
19894,103,445,455.8
19884,315,185,045
19874,341,683,368.2
19863,735,388,719.6
19853,016,525,693.4
19842,567,307,151.1
19832,525,114,905.4
19822,333,209,720.3
19812,218,767,680.2
19802,218,906,996.4
19791,936,342,334.4
19781,610,303,801.5
19771,573,608,449.5
19761,409,590,442.1
19751,261,219,401.5
1974892,554,084
1973760,907,624.2
1972717,269,149.4
1971668,825,763
1970653,521,836.3

Source

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

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

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

CSV, all countriesJSON, ZambiaAPI and MCP

External debt stocks, long-term in other countries

Rank Zambia against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Zambia: External debt stocks, long-term (1970–2024) · Interva