World Bank · Debt
Zimbabwe: Debt service on external debt, public sector
251.66Mcurrent USD · 2025+72.2% since 2015
Public sector debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Reported as: PPG. 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 | 251,658,414.8 | |
| 2024 | 84,904,839.2 | |
| 2023 | 113,102,565.6 | |
| 2022 | 60,075,803.2 | |
| 2021 | 121,655,833.6 | |
| 2020 | 41,579,799.1 | |
| 2019 | 73,828,492.5 | |
| 2018 | 89,314,774.9 | |
| 2017 | 129,089,680.8 | |
| 2016 | 156,653,794.1 | |
| 2015 | 146,162,919.5 | |
| 2014 | 129,275,149.9 | |
| 2013 | 118,111,009 | |
| 2012 | 26,746,107.3 | |
| 2011 | 17,151,935.8 | |
| 2010 | 20,529,950.6 | |
| 2009 | 14,174,858.6 | |
| 2008 | 7,749,743.2 | |
| 2007 | 48,927,490.8 | |
| 2006 | 34,571,199.8 | |
| 2005 | 34,891,416.4 | |
| 2004 | 72,429,392.1 | |
| 2003 | 35,523,407.3 | |
| 2002 | 9,498,247 | |
| 2001 | 44,209,251.3 | |
| 2000 | 214,525,399.8 | |
| 1999 | 460,344,699.4 | |
| 1998 | 421,201,220 | |
| 1997 | 445,922,750.2 | |
| 1996 | 464,841,638.8 | |
| 1995 | 478,641,532.2 | |
| 1994 | 434,210,136.8 | |
| 1993 | 483,748,224.3 | |
| 1992 | 474,309,958.9 | |
| 1991 | 361,124,045.5 | |
| 1990 | 371,220,927.1 | |
| 1989 | 346,270,291.5 | |
| 1988 | 409,505,102.1 | |
| 1987 | 375,071,551.4 | |
| 1986 | 339,584,973.6 | |
| 1985 | 322,843,512.4 | |
| 1984 | 273,762,502.2 | |
| 1983 | 435,432,019.7 | |
| 1982 | 140,176,201 | |
| 1981 | 65,281,441.3 | |
| 1980 | 49,880,187.5 | |
| 1979 | 14,559,686.7 | |
| 1978 | 8,369,053.3 | |
| 1977 | 5,927,940.3 | |
| 1976 | 7,388,741.7 | |
| 1975 | 7,948,809.9 | |
| 1974 | 14,545,263.8 | |
| 1973 | 16,147,891.4 | |
| 1972 | 11,431,172.9 | |
| 1971 | 10,428,098.8 | |
| 1970 | 9,428,900 |
Source
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