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Zimbabwe: Interest payments on external debt, long-term

152.36Mcurrent USD · 2025-24.6% since 2015

Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. 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
2025152,364,755
2024300,388,222.3
2023305,387,104.5
202251,509,287.8
202134,314,519.3
202022,141,393.2
2019313,067,958.2
2018253,665,435.8
2017266,681,246.5
2016122,331,599.5
2015202,189,696.5
2014123,769,034.9
2013145,937,363
2012273,937,341.9
201144,139,157.5
201032,334,331.1
200930,275,652.3
200810,011,446.9
200714,201,220.1
20064,947,155
20057,603,885.6
200410,306,383.5
20037,978,612.5
200251,632,451.8
200129,427,499.6
200082,137,920.3
1999131,102,949.8
1998156,649,369.9
1997167,192,275.4
1996179,837,090
1995192,258,514.5
1994186,409,565.5
1993168,869,414.8
1992161,666,659.7
1991146,883,561.4
1990149,490,762.2
1989137,649,007.6
1988146,682,196.3
1987135,598,726.5
1986131,155,832.3
1985125,830,723.6
1984120,720,657.9
1983102,603,406.8
198292,410,643.4
198130,722,785.8
198010,214,074
19797,282,522.2
19784,298,390.6
19771,716,892.1
19762,109,280.5
19752,246,085.1
19744,994,774.8
19735,573,933.7
19725,820,077.4
19715,668,944.6
19704,589,000

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