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Nigeria: Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed

9.21Bcurrent USD · 2025+298.4% since 2015

Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. 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
20259,214,452,654.9
20248,102,094,679.6
20236,636,506,359
20225,999,329,136
20217,978,973,760.9
20206,367,117,598.7
20193,625,463,622.6
20187,130,979,522.5
20179,399,864,858.3
20161,925,351,455.3
20152,312,940,226.3
20141,571,254,603.6
20135,876,132,969
20121,000,780,663.4
20111,033,591,745.8
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
2002512,585,956
2001461,287,712.6
200085,505,321
19990
19960
1994472,324,285.9
1993288,178,482.2
19921,100,535,291.9
19911,361,747,889.9
19902,192,363,212.9
19891,827,967,161.6
19881,434,340,821.4
19871,012,254,215
19861,459,445,003.1
1985932,766,136.6
1984568,422,370.2
19832,849,464,404.7
19822,756,153,752.3
19815,124,615,917.4
19801,918,155,580.1
19793,204,861,890.8
19781,975,893,107.9
197762,000,000
197636,000,000
1975190,446,831
197481,901,902.5
1973140,502,016
1972208,948,445.9
1971207,420,438.1
197064,795,690.4

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World Bank (2026). Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-public-and-publicly-guaranteed (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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