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Zimbabwe: Interest arrears, private creditors

200.06Mcurrent USD · 2025+12.0% since 2015

Interest in arrears on long-term debt is defined as interest payment due but not paid, on a cumulative basis. Debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. 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 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025200,064,144.5
2024180,629,972.4
2023189,911,141.6
2022182,985,461.7
2021194,983,974.9
2020207,285,968.3
2019193,360,185.4
2018193,530,977.4
2017197,599,528
2016176,127,244.8
2015178,643,986.8
2014143,052,399.4
2013160,219,846.3
2012137,650,745
2011130,521,622.2
2010116,539,413.8
2009164,704,491.7
2008132,981,496.9
2007168,365,958
2006117,380,514.2
200596,575,564.8
200499,474,009
200381,473,827.6
200259,425,486.4
200137,975,023.8
200016,497,726.3
19991,019,558
1998603,772
199789,305.2
199661,128
19952,150,305.8
1994708,900.4
1993448,803.6
19920
19910
19900
19890
19880
19871,102,417.2
198699,168
19859,150
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800

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