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Zambia — Combined government debt

millions of ZMW · Annual · 1970–2025 · 56 observations

About this series

Combined government debt is the stock of outstanding debt liabilities recorded for that reporting perimeter at the reference date. The source series determines the exact instruments and valuation covered. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata.

For Zambia, the combined government debt reading stood at 624.08B ZMW in 2025. Against 828.96B ZMW in 2024, the period change was −24.7%. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 86% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2014–2025

PeriodValue
2025624.08B ZMW
2024828.96B ZMW
2023719.38B ZMW
2022491.38B ZMW
2021491.20B ZMW
7 earlier values, back to 2014
2020465.81B ZMW
2019310.46B ZMW
2018223.35B ZMW
2017164.02B ZMW
2016132.15B ZMW
2015113.46B ZMW
201456.56B ZMW
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.