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Nigeria: Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

7.52percent · 2025+356.3% since 2015

Total interest payments to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total interest payment is the sum of interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and charges to the IMF. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1977 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20257.523
20248.257
20237.373
20224.907
20214.031
20205.289
20193.343
20182.991
20172.672
20162.393
20151.649
20140.824
20130.822
20120.541
20110.412
20100.42
20090.516
20080.513
20071.066
20061.038
20059.285
20041.798
20031.763
20022.129
20014.495
20003.873
19993.314
19985.484
19973.546
19966.431
19957.352
199411.391
19938.194
199214.391
199115.597
199014.602
198917.614
198820.859
19878.268
198614.971
198512.743
198415.698
198312.976
19829.694
19815.932
19803.273
19791.427
19780.57
19770.392

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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