Zambia External Debt 1970-2025

Zambia external debt for 2022 was 28.70 billion US dollars, a 4.96% increase from 2021.
  • Zambia external debt for 2021 was 27.34 billion US dollars, a 8.81% decline from 2020.
  • Zambia external debt for 2020 was 29.99 billion US dollars, a 0.73% increase from 2019.
  • Zambia external debt for 2019 was 29.77 billion US dollars, a 18.88% increase from 2018.
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.