World Bank · Financial Sector
Zambia: Net foreign assets
85.43Bcurrent LCU · 2025+188.9% since 2015
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for Zambia from 1965 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current LCU) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85,432,988,082.367 | |
| 2024 | 81,966,411,711.43 | |
| 2023 | 56,457,283,603.239 | |
| 2022 | 50,561,514,840.347 | |
| 2021 | 37,623,800,744.558 | |
| 2020 | 38,980,260,315.19 | |
| 2019 | 24,248,490,465.887 | |
| 2018 | 24,809,871,068.955 | |
| 2017 | 21,984,911,371.353 | |
| 2016 | 21,880,682,191.419 | |
| 2015 | 29,574,728,156.26 | |
| 2014 | 15,306,410,501.896 | |
| 2013 | 11,662,824,730.442 | |
| 2012 | 12,013,703,154.007 | |
| 2011 | 9,392,873,333.049 | |
| 2010 | 6,690,048,705.002 | |
| 2009 | 4,913,220,412.796 | |
| 2008 | 4,984,695,154.187 | |
| 2007 | 4,552,022,398.009 | |
| 2006 | 3,498,340,672.554 | |
| 2005 | -352,665,082.006 | |
| 2004 | -2,108,750,932.215 | |
| 2003 | -3,016,476,647.914 | |
| 2002 | -3,001,025,702.582 | |
| 2001 | -3,077,962,287.766 | |
| 2000 | 973,206,786.56 | |
| 1999 | 508,256,295.702 | |
| 1998 | 328,289,806.973 | |
| 1997 | 378,972,203.866 | |
| 1996 | 245,911,890.916 | |
| 1995 | 149,341,796.658 | |
| 1994 | -787,630,180.68 | |
| 1993 | -495,902,170.821 | |
| 1991 | -101,735,342.122 | |
| 1990 | -51,157,500.642 | |
| 1989 | -25,811,256.519 | |
| 1988 | -11,860,445.494 | |
| 1987 | -8,457,249.531 | |
| 1986 | -11,020,221.408 | |
| 1985 | -4,643,530.933 | |
| 1984 | -2,290,570.543 | |
| 1983 | -1,550,367.188 | |
| 1982 | -1,235,011.038 | |
| 1981 | -1,096,667.303 | |
| 1980 | -756,412.699 | |
| 1979 | -581,965.776 | |
| 1978 | -699,258.07 | |
| 1977 | -67,741.746 | |
| 1976 | -30,215.597 | |
| 1975 | 15,575.202 | |
| 1974 | 74,910.042 | |
| 1973 | 67,387.007 | |
| 1972 | 75,078.005 | |
| 1971 | 181,914.205 | |
| 1970 | 381,498.579 | |
| 1969 | 267,845.717 | |
| 1968 | 140,230.002 | |
| 1967 | 134,394.287 | |
| 1966 | 157,984.287 | |
| 1965 | 148,594.287 |
Source
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