Low income vs Zimbabwe: Short-term debt (% of total external debt)
Short-term debt (% of total external debt) over time
- Low income
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 29.4% against 5.2% in Low income, a difference of 24.2%.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 5.7 times Low income's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Low income ahead.
Low income ranks 13th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th of 13 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.4% | 4.1% | 4.2% | Low income |
| 1980s | 9.5% | 17.0% | 7.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 16.7% | 15.8% | 0.9% | Low income |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 22.0% | 6.4% | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 28.2% | 19.8% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 27.9% | 21.9% | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher short-term debt, Low income or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 29.4% against 5.2% in Low income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in short-term debt between Low income and Zimbabwe?
- 24.2%, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Zimbabwe?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Low income and Zimbabwe rank globally for short-term debt?
- Low income ranks 13th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th of 13 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Short-term debt (% of total external debt). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt.