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Zambia: Interest arrears, private creditors

689.51Mcurrent USD · 2025+450.1% since 2015

Interest in arrears on long-term debt is defined as interest payment due but not paid, on a cumulative basis. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. 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
2025689,505,250
2024624,076,133.8
20231,231,400,145
2022962,246,052.4
2021288,583,160
2020193,963,000
2019150,801,000
2018129,586,000
2017182,805,000
2016125,341,000
2015125,341,000
2014125,341,000
2013125,341,000
2012125,341,000
2011125,341,000
2010125,341,000
2009125,341,000
2008125,341,000
2007125,341,000
2006119,285,000
200590,348,000
200461,873,000
200331,831,000
200219,510,000
2001455,235.2
20009,647,600
19999,875,160.2
199815,312,672.9
199725,972,386.5
199632,584,978.4
199531,899,988.7
199427,392,186.8
199381,297,060.7
199280,518,370.3
199176,105,794.3
199067,701,612.4
198961,913,992.1
198858,634,580.2
198759,293,222.2
198653,636,444.9
198559,226,399.1
198421,836,070
198316,354,637.9
198236,122,427
198119,810,570.5
19803,070,494.7
197910,126,289.2
19784,458,516.5
19771,143,270
1976263,872
1975196,279.5

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World Bank (2026). Interest arrears, private creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-arrears-private-creditors (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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