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Zimbabwe: Average interest on new external debt commitments, official

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. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. 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
20162.004
20153.915
20142.2
20131.968
20122
20113.283
20103.874
20090
20082
20070
20065.633
20057.144
20042.218
20035.886
20026.131
20017.07
20005.107
19990.983
19980.726
19974.385
19963.091
19951.906
19945.402
19932.793
19924.402
19913.561
19906.476
19893.586
19885.313
19873.021
19863.916
19854.357
19846.25
19838.222
19824.699
19815.145
19804.884
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700

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