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Nigeria: Commitments, official creditors

4.09Bcurrent USD · 2025+77.0% since 2015

Commitments are the amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified. Debt from official creditors includes loans from international organizations (multilateral loans) and loans from governments (bilateral loans). Loans from international organization include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. Government loans include loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2025.

19832025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20254,093,967,654.9
20243,811,669,518
20236,157,151,439.9
20223,948,262,938.7
20213,678,973,760.9
20204,091,588,794
20193,625,463,622.6
20181,762,627,522.5
20174,599,864,858.3
20161,925,351,455.3
20152,312,940,226.3
20141,571,254,603.6
20134,876,132,969
20121,000,780,663.4
2011533,591,745.8
20101,594,500,000
20091,136,550,446.7
2008986,097,515.6
2007777,227,215.7
2006507,016,225
2005705,949,848.1
2004252,000,000
2003585,711,900
2002421,921,716
2001461,287,712.6
200085,505,321
19990
19960
1994472,324,285.9
1993224,827,482.2
19921,100,535,291.9
19911,291,510,889.9
19901,391,012,949.7
19891,426,684,589
1988949,274,712.5
1987672,738,003.8
1986851,818,199.5
1985386,760,070.4
1984213,000,000
19831,105,954,189.7
1982429,822,096.4
1981577,031,431.3
1980524,609,215.7
1979384,454,061
1978171,217,900.5
197762,000,000
197636,000,000
1975160,332,689.5
197476,686,302.5
1973133,840,504
1972170,627,228.1
1971189,961,442.7
197054,895,090.4

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