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Nigeria: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate

62.30Bcurrent USD · 2025+0.6% since 2015

Variable interest rate is long-term external debt with interest rates that float with movements in a key market rate; for example, the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or the U.S. prime rate. This item conveys information about the borrower's exposure to changes in international interest rates. 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.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202562,300,298,241.2
202463,295,894,478.5
202361,634,164,840.4
202260,206,133,456.7
202159,797,805,144.3
202059,409,605,254.2
201956,183,901,964.2
201854,717,401,383.8
201750,849,552,124.4
201651,705,670,411.6
201561,925,105,576.8
201442,585,780,907.6
201322,548,697,555
201243,432,512,594.8
201134,269,964,841
201023,282,791,231.1
20096,921,634,699.6
20086,962,542,865.4
20076,193,923,000
20065,004,166,773.6
20056,441,935,612.9
200411,272,410,378.8
200310,226,221,958.7
20027,620,712,773.4
20015,356,039,666.1
20003,857,461,120.5
19994,529,006,468.4
19984,912,464,959.4
19974,864,043,755.2
19965,218,160,216.6
19955,539,159,653.7
19945,451,737,722.9
19935,197,616,471.8
19925,108,221,717.7
199110,681,205,046.7
199011,043,818,375.7
198910,852,582,002.3
198811,101,281,271.5
198711,464,845,335.6
19867,097,833,362.6
19855,419,979,001.8
19846,211,106,079.2
19837,466,342,895
19825,810,653,167.8
19814,957,898,878.7
19804,000,751,029
19792,941,430,490
19781,740,556,358
1977135,794,240
1976108,648,563.2
197598,272,459
1974102,088,695
197397,676,128
197295,247,108.4
1971119,740,580
1970127,446,400

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