World Bank · Debt
Zimbabwe: Debt outstanding, public sector, bonds
29,375current USD · 2025+7.9% since 2015
Public sector debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Zimbabwe from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29,375 | |
| 2024 | 25,972.5 | |
| 2023 | 27,625 | |
| 2022 | 26,665 | |
| 2021 | 28,315 | |
| 2020 | 30,677.5 | |
| 2019 | 28,085 | |
| 2018 | 28,625 | |
| 2017 | 29,982.5 | |
| 2016 | 26,352.5 | |
| 2015 | 27,217.5 | |
| 2014 | 30,352.5 | |
| 2013 | 34,477.5 | |
| 2012 | 32,985 | |
| 2011 | 32,347.5 | |
| 2010 | 33,405 | |
| 2009 | 36,015 | |
| 2008 | 34,792.5 | |
| 2007 | 36,802.5 | |
| 2006 | 32,925 | |
| 2005 | 29,492.5 | |
| 2004 | 34,052.5 | |
| 2003 | 31,575 | |
| 2002 | 26,217.5 | |
| 2001 | 22,032.5 | |
| 2000 | 23,262.5 | |
| 1999 | 25,115 | |
| 1998 | 30,076,168.8 | |
| 1997 | 60,116,605.3 | |
| 1996 | 90,166,324.8 | |
| 1995 | 120,211,856 | |
| 1994 | 150,255,751 | |
| 1993 | 180,296,999.2 | |
| 1992 | 210,345,272.5 | |
| 1991 | 263,476,242.6 | |
| 1990 | 292,541,445.4 | |
| 1989 | 355,507,805 | |
| 1988 | 425,992,715 | |
| 1987 | 498,712,112.5 | |
| 1986 | 487,464,681.5 | |
| 1985 | 400,571,486.5 | |
| 1984 | 363,060,143.5 | |
| 1983 | 288,883,119.8 | |
| 1982 | 309,235,981 | |
| 1981 | 388,694,189 | |
| 1980 | 591,661,440 | |
| 1979 | 472,871,046.4 | |
| 1978 | 369,301,917.1 | |
| 1977 | 112,145,468 | |
| 1976 | 100,892,061.6 | |
| 1975 | 133,990,962 | |
| 1974 | 155,364,845 | |
| 1973 | 145,931,502.4 | |
| 1972 | 139,846,480.9 | |
| 1971 | 151,427,180.4 | |
| 1970 | 144,643,160 |
Source
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