World Bank · Economy
Nigeria: External debt stocks (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)
211.92percent · 2025+27.3% since 2015
Total external debt stocks to exports of goods, services and primary income. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1977 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211.918 | |
| 2024 | 221.419 | |
| 2023 | 202.071 | |
| 2022 | 179.468 | |
| 2021 | 227.589 | |
| 2020 | 268.318 | |
| 2019 | 145.997 | |
| 2018 | 139.564 | |
| 2017 | 169.322 | |
| 2016 | 179.451 | |
| 2015 | 166.498 | |
| 2014 | 77.745 | |
| 2013 | 48.37 | |
| 2012 | 68.509 | |
| 2011 | 52.371 | |
| 2010 | 47.695 | |
| 2009 | 32.708 | |
| 2008 | 18.897 | |
| 2007 | 23.038 | |
| 2006 | 23.151 | |
| 2005 | 53.06 | |
| 2004 | 119.996 | |
| 2003 | 152.039 | |
| 2002 | 200.751 | |
| 2001 | 176.259 | |
| 2000 | 158.212 | |
| 1999 | 206.416 | |
| 1998 | 297.549 | |
| 1997 | 175.161 | |
| 1996 | 185.179 | |
| 1995 | 274.011 | |
| 1994 | 334.991 | |
| 1993 | 275.816 | |
| 1992 | 223.226 | |
| 1991 | 251.118 | |
| 1990 | 226.661 | |
| 1989 | 351.264 | |
| 1988 | 406.951 | |
| 1987 | 370.695 | |
| 1986 | 412.074 | |
| 1985 | 138.084 | |
| 1984 | 144.034 | |
| 1983 | 161.77 | |
| 1982 | 93.09 | |
| 1981 | 58.779 | |
| 1980 | 32.2 | |
| 1979 | 34.648 | |
| 1978 | 43.861 | |
| 1977 | 23.681 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
External debt stocks (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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