Canada vs Zambia: Interest payments

Canada

51.94 billion current LCU

in 2024

Zambia

47.29 billion current LCU

in 2024

Canada rank

65th

Zambia rank

67th

Interest payments over time

Canada
Zambia

How they compare

Canada currently reports 51.94 billion current LCU against 47.29 billion current LCU in Zambia, a difference of 4.65 billion current LCU.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.

Globally, Canada ranks 65th and Zambia ranks 67th of 155 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Interest payments (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 155 places, 4,505 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.