Malawi vs Zambia: External debt, end year

Malawi
2.90 billion current US$
in 2009
Zambia
4.34 billion current US$
in 2002
Malawi rank
16th
Zambia rank
14th

External debt, end year over time

  • Malawi
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 4.34 billion current US$ against 2.90 billion current US$ in Malawi, a difference of 1.44 billion current US$.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.5 times Malawi's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 16th and Zambia ranks 14th of 42 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External debt, end year (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
48 places, 1,232 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Foreign debt consists of the outstanding stock or recognized, direct liabilities of the government to the rest of the world, generated in the past and scheduled to be extinguished by government operations in the future or to continue as perpetual debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.