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Zambia: Interest arrears, official creditors

369.44Mcurrent USD · 2025+14752869.9% since 2015

Interest in arrears on long-term debt is defined as interest payment due but not paid, on a cumulative basis. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. 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 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025369,443,871.2
2024622,158,309.1
2023530,425,354.1
2022417,628,155.8
202146,508,125.6
202010,510,201.7
201937,074.8
20182,504.2
20172,500
20162,504.2
20152,504.2
20142,538.6
20132,538.6
20122,538.6
20112,529.9
2010765,702
2009826,516.4
2008812,732.5
2007849,947.6
20061,158,963.7
20050
20040
20034,316,742.9
20023,862,396.2
20010
200023,391,323
199926,182,355
1998118,432,750.4
1997110,946,296.9
1996117,891,293.1
1995145,395,322.3
1994441,519,546
1993502,986,968.6
1992539,925,456.8
1991535,882,887
1990670,467,731.9
1989647,870,186.9
1988424,957,139.5
1987265,311,065.6
198686,087,256.2
1985103,732,806.2
198435,413,514.2
198364,538,895.8
198225,180,791.3
19819,910,803.3
19803,214,749.3
1979480,098
1978371,374.8
1977586,569.5
197647,667.2
197564,752

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