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Zambia: Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

3.49percent · 2025+3.7% since 2015

Total interest payments to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total interest payment is the sum of interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and charges to the IMF. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Zambia from 1978 to 2025.

19812025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20253.488
20243.335
20232.899
20222.219
20212.096
20205.533
201910.341
20185.982
20174.677
20166.306
20153.364
20141.287
20131.1
20120.776
20110.829
20100.79
20091.022
20080.95
20070.939
20061.261
20052.419
20043.653
200314.128
20025.555
20015.502
200010.3
199910.159
19987.263
19976.404
199124.074
19905.601
19894.263
19886.172
19878.232
198619.605
19857.544
198411.423
198312.245
198212.773
198110.926
19808.708
19796.036
19789.212

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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). Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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