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Nigeria: Interest payments on external debt, long-term

3.57Bcurrent USD · 2025+447.2% since 2015

Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20253,565,888,393
20243,508,282,349
20233,111,135,642.9
20222,350,369,167.3
20211,862,355,286.2
20201,948,877,891.1
20192,094,429,186.1
20181,745,715,264.9
20171,048,948,783.9
2016817,668,760
2015651,707,114.8
2014410,977,512.1
2013455,105,275.7
2012306,456,635.6
2011298,122,686
2010211,576,438.3
2009186,501,982.9
2008338,020,107.4
2007420,528,770.2
2006459,207,739.9
20055,108,047,035.1
2004661,974,206
2003466,435,537.1
2002368,020,716.4
2001845,909,717.5
2000747,332,947.2
1999418,169,404.5
1998520,798,052.8
1997543,557,109.6
19961,043,152,202.3
1995858,776,391.5
19941,075,228,519.8
1993861,998,394.3
19921,830,801,258.2
19912,054,366,446.9
19902,123,442,159.1
19891,479,454,132.1
19881,478,405,891
1987607,407,790.5
1986507,109,035.7
19851,285,651,173
19841,238,199,612
1983989,866,400.2
1982870,434,356.8
1981668,502,980.6
1980529,355,016.5
1979257,158,515.3
197866,200,813.6
197752,067,632.7
197644,290,962.6
197545,421,067.1
197441,703,665.1
197338,199,869.8
197231,464,148.6
197130,089,460.4
197027,767,274.3

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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