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Zambia: Interest payments on external debt, long-term

357.35Mcurrent USD · 2025+33.8% since 2015

Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. 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 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025357,347,399.3
2024268,121,020.5
2023167,978,951.4
2022221,286,575.6
2021231,939,494.1
2020467,059,780.3
2019832,126,813.5
2018579,551,252
2017409,059,977.7
2016459,214,381
2015267,108,554.6
2014133,554,440.5
2013118,394,671.1
201262,314,675.8
201148,844,086.3
201030,618,637.9
200937,878,027.9
200839,403,036
200731,952,642.3
200643,812,356.1
200557,631,893.1
200468,248,836.5
2003173,401,644.9
200255,002,801.6
200148,594,290.6
200079,656,948.7
199976,812,058.4
199854,595,973
199765,418,269.7
199675,299,926.9
1995124,885,975.4
1994126,304,680.8
199390,772,341.1
199297,689,944
1991236,263,375.7
199071,520,206.7
198960,390,742.2
198876,632,839.1
198773,343,276.9
198669,254,902.5
198540,879,290.6
198454,656,058.5
198371,636,414.3
198283,898,410.4
198197,739,582.4
1980115,251,770.7
197992,527,791.3
197887,679,911
197775,223,006
197668,053,200.3
197553,087,721.5
197451,673,828
197393,908,878.4
197240,275,778.9
197139,024,778
197030,738,333.7

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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