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Nigeria: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

60.04percent · 2024+614.0% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. 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. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2008 to 2024.

20082024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202460.045
202329.037
202222.187
202122.268
202020.492
201917.48
201816.917
201717.731
201610.978
20159.374
20148.409
20138.618
20128.893
20118.718
20108.393
20098.112
20086.296

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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