World Bank · Debt
Zambia: Principal forgiven
34.60Mcurrent USD · 2025+1800.8% since 2015
Principal forgiven is the amount of principal due or in arrears that was written off or forgiven in any given year. It includes debt forgiven within and outside Paris Club agreements, principal forgiven and principal arrears forgiven. 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 1989 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34,600,000 | |
| 2024 | 8,501,000 | |
| 2023 | 442,500,000 | |
| 2022 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2,218,533.4 | |
| 2015 | 1,820,261 | |
| 2014 | 1,978,560.6 | |
| 2013 | 2,425,453.5 | |
| 2012 | 1,738,492.7 | |
| 2011 | 23,849,823.5 | |
| 2010 | 1,951,667.7 | |
| 2009 | 2,110,116.2 | |
| 2008 | 64,506,633 | |
| 2007 | 14,980,939.3 | |
| 2006 | 65,914,969.9 | |
| 2005 | 227,494,282.9 | |
| 2004 | 51,996,494.2 | |
| 2003 | 232,278,992.7 | |
| 2002 | 212,760,436.1 | |
| 2001 | 225,857,768.1 | |
| 2000 | 38,839,061.3 | |
| 1999 | 52,941,498 | |
| 1998 | 1,851,395.1 | |
| 1997 | 927,167 | |
| 1996 | 23,012,219.8 | |
| 1995 | 930,066.6 | |
| 1994 | 96,038,586.2 | |
| 1993 | 281,814,686.7 | |
| 1992 | 218,061,964.5 | |
| 1991 | 76,031,164.8 | |
| 1990 | 114,388,439.3 | |
| 1989 | 187,839,948.1 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). Principal forgiven. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-principal-forgiven (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
Principal forgiven in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
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