World Bank · Debt
Nigeria: External debt stocks, long-term
80.48Bcurrent USD · 2024+154.7% since 2014
Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80,477,412,767.9 | |
| 2023 | 76,305,022,874.7 | |
| 2022 | 72,935,171,846.7 | |
| 2021 | 68,607,809,000.2 | |
| 2020 | 63,219,364,447.1 | |
| 2019 | 58,167,581,563.9 | |
| 2018 | 53,311,952,359.7 | |
| 2017 | 45,285,031,278.9 | |
| 2016 | 34,956,200,667.2 | |
| 2015 | 33,857,601,504.7 | |
| 2014 | 31,603,073,711.7 | |
| 2013 | 24,681,967,983.3 | |
| 2012 | 21,192,790,625.7 | |
| 2011 | 20,183,040,882.2 | |
| 2010 | 17,128,141,492.8 | |
| 2009 | 14,345,278,237.9 | |
| 2008 | 13,986,346,760.8 | |
| 2007 | 12,771,756,487.7 | |
| 2006 | 11,641,028,596.5 | |
| 2005 | 27,917,931,300.9 | |
| 2004 | 40,420,815,982.8 | |
| 2003 | 38,273,337,578.8 | |
| 2002 | 34,295,807,502.5 | |
| 2001 | 33,136,325,833.7 | |
| 2000 | 32,189,541,491.4 | |
| 1999 | 22,632,477,430.4 | |
| 1998 | 23,749,259,240.4 | |
| 1997 | 22,938,915,527 | |
| 1996 | 25,738,639,623.9 | |
| 1995 | 28,443,244,065.9 | |
| 1994 | 28,265,819,357 | |
| 1993 | 26,741,950,442.4 | |
| 1992 | 26,809,100,994.5 | |
| 1991 | 32,668,280,957.2 | |
| 1990 | 31,935,338,767.5 | |
| 1989 | 29,657,220,689.7 | |
| 1988 | 28,076,494,849.3 | |
| 1987 | 27,456,444,280.7 | |
| 1986 | 18,534,185,195.5 | |
| 1985 | 13,660,907,755.9 | |
| 1984 | 12,038,890,260.9 | |
| 1983 | 12,518,087,542.1 | |
| 1982 | 9,457,730,530.9 | |
| 1981 | 7,018,268,871.1 | |
| 1980 | 5,385,141,118.3 | |
| 1979 | 3,961,582,441.2 | |
| 1978 | 2,644,697,688.6 | |
| 1977 | 985,287,005 | |
| 1976 | 906,231,872.3 | |
| 1975 | 1,143,430,425.1 | |
| 1974 | 1,273,893,141.8 | |
| 1973 | 1,204,809,984 | |
| 1972 | 731,812,520.7 | |
| 1971 | 651,111,087.6 | |
| 1970 | 567,077,689.4 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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