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Zambia: Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP)

-3.18percent · 2024+43.8% since 2014

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (–) equals government revenue minus expense, minus net investment in nonfinancial assets. It is also equal to the net result of transactions in financial assets and liabilities. Net lending/net borrowing is a summary measure indicating the extent to which government is either putting financial resources at the disposal of other sectors in the economy or abroad, or utilizing the financial resources generated by other sectors in the economy or from abroad. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Reported as: -. Annual figures for Zambia from 1998 to 2024.

19982024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024-3.181
2023-3.566
2022-0.759
2021-3.631
2020-13.107
2019-7.874
2018-8.779
2017-5.279
2016-5.663
2015-8.028
2014-5.658
2013-4.411
20120.236
2011-1.007
2010-1.127
2009-0.742
2008-0.25
20072.142
20061.837
2005-4.009
20041.729
20030.94
2002-1.488
20011.627
1999-0.364
1998-2.836

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World Bank (2026). Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-lending-net-borrowing-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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