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Zimbabwe: Average interest on new external debt commitments

0percent · 2025-100.0% since 2015

Interest represents the average interest rate on all new public and publicly guaranteed loans contracted during the year. To obtain the average, the interest rates for all public and publicly guaranteed loans have been weighted by the amounts of the loans. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Zimbabwe from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250
202410.216
20239.071
20221
20210.75
20202
20191.903
20180.75
20171.5
20162.107
20153.915
20142.088
20131.968
20122
20113.283
20103.874
20090
20082
20070
20065.633
20057.136
20042.615
20035.861
20026.138
20017.072
20006.79
19991.384
19982.58
19975.399
19963.078
19953.841
19945.627
19933.309
19924.293
19915.761
19906.539
19897.103
19886.453
19875.083
19864.757
19855.487
19847.92
19838.33
19827.959
198110.528
19807.102
19792
19782.373
19770
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700

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