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Zambia: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
114.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−14.1 pointsfrom 129.1%
Average, 2015–2024
96.9%10 years
Record high and low
261.0% (2000)low 2.05% (1971)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2024114.9
2023129.1
202299.5
2021111.0
2020140.0
2019103.3
201881.2
201766.6
201661.2
201561.9

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1970–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1993
  • World Development Indicators1990–2021

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Zambia documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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