Public Debt in Zambia
Public debt in Zambia averaged 76.2% of GDP in the decade to 2022, significantly above the Sub-Saharan Africa average of 43.7% of GDP. By 2022, Zambia's public debt reached 98.5% of GDP. For more public debt information, visit our dedicated page.
Zambia Public Debt Chart
Note: This chart displays Public Debt (% of GDP) for Zambia from 2016 to 2022.
Source: Macrobond.
Zambia Public Debt Data
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Debt (% of GDP) | 140.0 | 111.0 | 99.5 | - | - |
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Zambian public debt projections for the next ten years from a panel of 5 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable public debt forecast available for Zambian public debt.
Download one of our sample reports to visualize what a Consensus Forecast is and see our Zambian public debt projections.
Want to get access to the full dataset of Zambian public debt forecasts? Send an email to info@focus-economics.com.