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Nigeria: Debt outstanding, public sector, bilateral

6.68Bcurrent USD · 2025+297.2% since 2015

Public sector bilateral debt includes loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. 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
20256,683,428,263.8
20246,097,565,762.3
20236,036,595,367.1
20225,116,607,908.3
20214,458,358,430.8
20204,189,995,961.7
20193,846,311,202.1
20183,135,007,171.4
20172,419,583,027.3
20161,935,208,036.3
20151,682,695,561.6
20141,438,833,050
20131,046,610,301
2012822,962,000
2011637,454,624.6
2010381,104,211.3
2009613,859,191.1
2008765,350,337.6
2007585,966,941.8
2006449,942,649.7
200515,478,510,201
200427,340,940,294.4
200325,987,030,372.7
200222,646,391,345.3
200123,052,591,012
200023,271,961,392.9
199912,881,529,389.8
199813,586,229,644.1
199712,997,914,178
199614,151,056,690.6
199515,547,806,464.5
199415,003,805,697.8
199313,907,209,790.7
199214,239,503,052.1
199115,141,488,517.1
199013,274,975,660.7
198911,503,372,200.4
19887,922,300,046
19878,357,585,075.8
19866,218,855,835.5
1985718,191,915.5
1984989,411,782.4
1983949,506,445.3
1982439,073,134.9
1981413,168,679.6
1980421,881,902.7
1979395,474,250.2
1978371,765,251.9
1977350,136,833.5
1976335,706,422.9
1975333,152,488.4
1974317,167,684.2
1973283,081,181.8
1972259,246,598.9
1971232,323,779.7
1970174,716,003.3

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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, public sector, bilateral. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-public-sector-bilateral (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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