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Zambia: External debt stocks, short-term

2.79Bcurrent USD · 2024+241.2% since 2014

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Zambia from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20242,792,341,916.4
20233,409,245,499.1
20222,724,376,208.2
20211,416,094,285.6
2020729,764,201.7
2019839,288,074.8
2018621,772,504.2
2017900,304,500
2016761,516,504.2
2015739,002,504.2
2014818,371,538.6
2013748,911,538.6
2012821,343,538.6
2011527,343,529.9
20101,150,106,702
2009446,167,516.4
2008648,153,732.5
2007552,190,947.6
2006423,443,963.7
2005234,348,000
2004136,873,000
200389,147,742.9
200291,722,396.2
2001141,025,235.2
200076,268,923
1999109,767,515.2
1998328,091,423.3
1997257,918,683.4
1996476,486,271.5
1995414,702,311
1994809,911,732.8
19931,296,284,029.3
19921,333,225,827.1
19911,341,999,681.3
19901,413,169,344.3
19891,549,784,179
19881,438,591,719.7
19871,147,304,287.8
19861,039,723,701.1
1985669,959,205.3
1984445,249,584.2
1983509,893,533.7
1982647,303,218.3
1981610,721,373.8
1980586,285,244
1979651,606,387.2
1978649,829,891.3
1977646,729,839.5
1976373,311,539.2
1975331,261,031.5
1974234,000,000
1973201,000,000
1972185,000,000
1971168,000,000
1970160,000,000

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

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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