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Zambia - Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP) 97.25

World Bank · updated 2026-10-03 · 175 economies tracked

Latest value

97.25 (2025)

Global rank

##79 of 175 economies

Share of global total

0.6%

Growth since 1990

0.58×

Ranking Race — Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · lower value ranks higher

#1#25#49#73#97#121#14519901995200020052010201520202025#87#792022 overtook Senegal2025 overtook St. Lucia
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Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. Zambia climbed from #87 to #79 (overtook Senegal). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Zambia

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2005
Climbed 33 places in global rank auto
2006
Climbed 73 places in global rank auto
2014
Fell 26 places in global rank auto
2015
Fell 26 places in global rank auto
2016
Fell 18 places in global rank auto
2022
Overtook Senegal in global rank auto
2025
Overtook St. Lucia in global rank auto
2025
Climbed 61 places in global rank auto

Total External Debt Stocks (% of GDP), 1990-2025

World Bank · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1990200020102020202516.476.32136.25196.17

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