🇿🇲 Zambia National Debt Clock
Live tracker for Zambia government debt. The national debt currently stands at
approximately $17.0 billion, growing at $0 every second based on IMF fiscal
deficit projections. Debt-to-GDP: 92%. Per-citizen share: $872.
Debt restructuring
About Zambia's National Debt
Zambia's debt-to-GDP ratio of 92% exceeds the IMF's 90% threshold associated with potential growth drag. Stabilising the ratio would require sustained primary surpluses — spending less than tax revenue before interest payments.
Zambia currently carries no net new borrowing at this rate, reflecting either a budget surplus or debt reduction programme. Each of Zambia's 20 million citizens carries an individual share of approximately $872 of the national debt.
Figures are computed by Global Debt Clock using linear extrapolation from IMF Government Finance Statistics and World Bank International Debt Statistics baseline data anchored to April 2025. Actual debt changes through discrete bond issuances — these counters illustrate the approximate scale and pace of sovereign borrowing.
Data & Citation
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook · World Bank International Debt Statistics · baseline anchored .
Methodology: debt = 17,000,000,000 + 0 × seconds_since(2025-04-01)
Machine-readable data: /api/debt?c=zm (live JSON) · /data/debt.json (full dataset)
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