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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.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202414,403,740,329.7
202314,548,534,104.3
202214,120,782,697.4
202114,111,057,739.5
202013,034,165,720.3
201912,540,836,851.8
201812,984,251,689.3
201712,864,409,243
201611,815,422,651.3
20159,995,059,194.1
20148,658,706,603.7
20138,729,621,434.3
20129,199,019,182.4
20117,696,210,288.5
20107,050,340,458.6
20096,426,661,532.3
20086,068,687,551.1
20075,932,480,067
20065,205,216,962.9
20054,708,840,242.6
20045,187,442,498.9
20034,812,662,393
20024,155,583,405
20013,806,895,903.1
20003,966,617,196
19994,422,807,013.4
19984,686,548,620.5
19974,965,635,217.8
19965,078,066,551.5
19955,081,073,842.7
19944,566,492,632.7
19934,315,939,423.5
19924,171,081,079.4
19913,516,023,398.5
19903,317,718,662.7
19892,854,663,011.7
19882,731,040,074.6
19872,920,820,001.7
19862,646,241,107.6
19852,431,222,427.1
19842,190,638,145.8
19832,199,842,233.1
19821,874,292,580.4
19811,259,851,748
1980785,615,492.4
1979559,236,734.4
1978446,075,279.6
1977199,462,732
1976143,900,096.4
1975186,854,615.4
1974217,428,044
1973217,482,194.3
1972218,822,503.6
1971238,495,570.1
1970232,362,560

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