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Zimbabwe: External debt stocks, total
14.40Bcurrent USD · 2024+66.3% since 2014
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Zimbabwe from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14,403,740,329.7 | |
| 2023 | 14,548,534,104.3 | |
| 2022 | 14,120,782,697.4 | |
| 2021 | 14,111,057,739.5 | |
| 2020 | 13,034,165,720.3 | |
| 2019 | 12,540,836,851.8 | |
| 2018 | 12,984,251,689.3 | |
| 2017 | 12,864,409,243 | |
| 2016 | 11,815,422,651.3 | |
| 2015 | 9,995,059,194.1 | |
| 2014 | 8,658,706,603.7 | |
| 2013 | 8,729,621,434.3 | |
| 2012 | 9,199,019,182.4 | |
| 2011 | 7,696,210,288.5 | |
| 2010 | 7,050,340,458.6 | |
| 2009 | 6,426,661,532.3 | |
| 2008 | 6,068,687,551.1 | |
| 2007 | 5,932,480,067 | |
| 2006 | 5,205,216,962.9 | |
| 2005 | 4,708,840,242.6 | |
| 2004 | 5,187,442,498.9 | |
| 2003 | 4,812,662,393 | |
| 2002 | 4,155,583,405 | |
| 2001 | 3,806,895,903.1 | |
| 2000 | 3,966,617,196 | |
| 1999 | 4,422,807,013.4 | |
| 1998 | 4,686,548,620.5 | |
| 1997 | 4,965,635,217.8 | |
| 1996 | 5,078,066,551.5 | |
| 1995 | 5,081,073,842.7 | |
| 1994 | 4,566,492,632.7 | |
| 1993 | 4,315,939,423.5 | |
| 1992 | 4,171,081,079.4 | |
| 1991 | 3,516,023,398.5 | |
| 1990 | 3,317,718,662.7 | |
| 1989 | 2,854,663,011.7 | |
| 1988 | 2,731,040,074.6 | |
| 1987 | 2,920,820,001.7 | |
| 1986 | 2,646,241,107.6 | |
| 1985 | 2,431,222,427.1 | |
| 1984 | 2,190,638,145.8 | |
| 1983 | 2,199,842,233.1 | |
| 1982 | 1,874,292,580.4 | |
| 1981 | 1,259,851,748 | |
| 1980 | 785,615,492.4 | |
| 1979 | 559,236,734.4 | |
| 1978 | 446,075,279.6 | |
| 1977 | 199,462,732 | |
| 1976 | 143,900,096.4 | |
| 1975 | 186,854,615.4 | |
| 1974 | 217,428,044 | |
| 1973 | 217,482,194.3 | |
| 1972 | 218,822,503.6 | |
| 1971 | 238,495,570.1 | |
| 1970 | 232,362,560 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
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