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Zimbabwe: Net flows on external debt, long-term

-247.35Mcurrent USD · 2025-122.7% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-247,351,000
2024845,740,000
2023434,881,000
20227,377,000
2021354,348,000
2020-33,183,000
2019-259,151,000
2018695,852,000
2017442,626,000
2016144,174,000
20151,088,309,000
20141,219,142,000
20131,360,091,000
20121,168,407,000
2011360,319,000
2010559,215,000
200958,649,000
200851,902,000
2007178,300,000
2006-7,935,000
2005207,000
200410,562,000
2003-19,562,000
2002-14,767,000
2001-60,240,000
2000-23,942,000
1999-49,740,000
1998-274,778,000
19978,150,000
199655,518,000
1995181,103,000
199468,430,000
1993255,036,000
1992419,094,000
1991236,605,000
1990179,093,000
1989130,886,000
1988484,000
198768,322,000
198615,741,000
198549,609,000
1984104,392,000
1983308,499,000
1982491,967,000
1981305,629,000
198092,640,000
197992,470,000
1978270,367,000
1977-4,211,000
1976-5,279,000
1975-5,703,000
1974-9,550,000
1973-10,574,000
1972-5,611,000
1971-4,759,000
1970-4,840,000

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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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