Zimbabwe: Sovereign debt average maturity

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 Zimbabwe

Sovereign debt average maturity, in years

 Latest value 11.42
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2015 - 2024
 Average 7.12
 Min - Max 2.62 - 11.42
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 11.42 percent, an increase from 3.15 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 7.99 percent, based on data from 94 countries. Historically, the average for Zimbabwe from 2015 to 2024 is 7.12 percent. The minimum value, 2.62 percent, was reached in 2020 while the maximum of 11.42 percent was recorded in 2024. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Zimbabwe: Sovereign debt average maturity
 2024 11.42
 2023 3.15
 2020 2.62
 2015 11.29




Definition: The average maturity of the general government debt in years. The source for these data is: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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