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Nigeria: External debt stocks, total
108.76Bcurrent USD · 2024+133.0% since 2014
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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 108,757,630,161.5 | |
| 2023 | 102,472,750,412.9 | |
| 2022 | 103,064,224,482.6 | |
| 2021 | 96,254,706,293.5 | |
| 2020 | 87,591,245,939.4 | |
| 2019 | 81,342,753,974.7 | |
| 2018 | 69,440,288,784.6 | |
| 2017 | 65,142,821,169.8 | |
| 2016 | 43,735,939,488.9 | |
| 2015 | 45,024,833,871.7 | |
| 2014 | 46,672,476,310.2 | |
| 2013 | 42,604,005,424.4 | |
| 2012 | 39,282,745,538.8 | |
| 2011 | 34,129,232,146 | |
| 2010 | 29,148,883,008.7 | |
| 2009 | 22,748,897,639.8 | |
| 2008 | 20,418,957,892.7 | |
| 2007 | 19,484,330,676.5 | |
| 2006 | 17,491,682,578.5 | |
| 2005 | 33,654,648,314.5 | |
| 2004 | 45,910,626,685.7 | |
| 2003 | 41,856,858,871.2 | |
| 2002 | 36,779,630,348.3 | |
| 2001 | 34,976,644,763.9 | |
| 2000 | 33,514,256,077.2 | |
| 1999 | 29,095,550,936.6 | |
| 1998 | 30,313,714,707.5 | |
| 1997 | 28,467,535,604 | |
| 1996 | 31,414,754,638.8 | |
| 1995 | 34,094,439,060.4 | |
| 1994 | 33,092,276,818.4 | |
| 1993 | 30,699,263,745.6 | |
| 1992 | 29,018,663,727.6 | |
| 1991 | 33,526,931,287.4 | |
| 1990 | 33,458,483,418.1 | |
| 1989 | 30,121,991,493 | |
| 1988 | 29,624,118,543.4 | |
| 1987 | 29,024,891,233.2 | |
| 1986 | 22,215,781,653.5 | |
| 1985 | 18,655,375,059.1 | |
| 1984 | 17,783,310,906.8 | |
| 1983 | 17,576,996,152.9 | |
| 1982 | 11,992,466,650.3 | |
| 1981 | 11,445,499,562.3 | |
| 1980 | 8,938,210,283.3 | |
| 1979 | 6,244,582,441.2 | |
| 1978 | 5,091,168,447.7 | |
| 1977 | 3,146,444,249.6 | |
| 1976 | 1,337,791,872.3 | |
| 1975 | 1,687,175,642.1 | |
| 1974 | 1,880,722,152.3 | |
| 1973 | 1,778,977,495.8 | |
| 1972 | 1,081,759,364.5 | |
| 1971 | 960,364,871.1 | |
| 1970 | 836,680,592.1 |
Source
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