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Zimbabwe: Net flows on external debt, short-term

575.24Mcurrent USD · 2025+59.3% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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
2025575,244,000
2024-7,103,000
2023-140,087,000
2022223,129,000
2021-104,871,000
2020204,752,000
201958,235,000
2018-408,090,000
2017452,325,000
201631,470,000
2015361,061,000
2014-88,000,000
2013211,900,000
2012269,000,000
2011128,000,000
2010160,000,000
2009-312,000,000
2008-21,000,000
2007286,000,000
2006189,000,000
20055,400,000
2004106,600,000
2003156,000,000
2002-113,000,000
2001-91,000,000
2000-233,400,000
1999-21,490,000
1998-209,110,000
1997175,930,000
1996118,510,000
1995186,560,000
1994-103,770,000
1993-106,230,000
1992145,500,000
1991-30,100,000
1990181,290,000
1989109,310,000
198840,000,000
1987-30,000,000
1986-18,000,000
1985-36,000,000
1984-137,000,000
1983-101,000,000
1982184,000,000
1981308,000,000
198055,000,000
19797,000,000
1978-18,000,000
197746,000,000
19760
19750
19740
19730
19720
19710
19700

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

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