Zambia External Debt: % of GDP

Key information about Zambia External Debt: % of GDP

• Zambia External Debt accounted for 84.2 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 79.6 % in the previous year.
• Zambia External Debt: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2011 to Dec 2023.
• The data reached an all-time high of 87.0 % in Dec 2019 and a record low of 3.6 % in Dec 2012.

CEIC calculates External Debt as % of GDP from quarterly External Debt and annual Nominal GDP. World Bank provides External Debt in USD. Zambia Statistics Agency provides Nominal GDP in local currency. Bank of Zambia average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.


Related information about Zambia External Debt: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Zambia, Current Account recorded a surplus of 17.0 USD mn in Mar 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 221.8 USD mn in Mar 2025.
• Zambia Direct Investment Abroad fell by 42.3 USD mn in Mar 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 46.6 USD mn in Mar 2025.
• The country's External Debt reached 23,890.4 in Jun 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 28.2 USD bn in Dec 2023.

View Zambia's External Debt: % of GDP from 2011 to 2023 in the chart:

What was Zambia's External Debt: % of GDP in 2023?

Zambia External Debt accounted for 84.2 % of the country's Nominal GDP in 2023, compared with the ratio of 79.6 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
84.2 2023	79.6 2022	3.6 2012	87.0 2019	%	yearly	2011 - 2023

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