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Zambia: Net flows on external debt, long-term

-741.02Mcurrent USD · 2025-124.9% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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
2025-741,022,000
2024-908,217,000
2023-20,922,000
2022276,359,000
2021-945,840,000
20201,722,398,000
20194,797,800,000
20184,533,002,000
20177,737,435,000
20163,565,606,000
20152,973,467,000
20143,095,099,000
2013558,900,000
20121,466,926,000
2011784,192,000
2010159,654,000
200918,078,000
2008150,485,000
2007259,063,000
2006333,420,000
200581,950,000
2004433,387,000
2003-99,764,000
2002173,333,000
2001210,175,000
2000164,020,000
1999191,853,000
1998-48,652,000
1997107,318,000
199680,397,000
1995110,363,000
1994109,053,000
1993100,011,000
1992137,452,000
1991103,337,000
199064,648,000
198982,769,000
1988130,880,000
198760,568,000
1986308,770,000
1985223,023,000
1984186,870,000
1983128,269,000
1982226,486,000
1981159,302,000
1980389,957,000
1979306,041,000
1978-36,849,000
1977113,016,000
1976165,009,000
1975410,382,000
1974122,414,000
197329,591,000
197259,470,000
19716,131,000
1970332,797,000

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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