Congo vs Zambia: External borrowing, net

Congo
646.76 billion current LCU
in 2011
Zambia
1.52 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Congo rank
5th
Zambia rank
2nd

External borrowing, net over time

  • Congo
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 1.52 trillion current LCU against 646.76 billion current LCU in Congo, a difference of 877.43 billion current LCU.

That makes Zambia's figure about 2.4 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 5th and Zambia ranks 2nd of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External borrowing, net (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 1,388 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Financing from abroad (obtained from nonresidents) refer to the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. It includes all government liabilities--other. Data are in current local currency.