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Nigeria: Interest payments on external debt, short-term

1.41Bcurrent USD · 2025+723.5% since 2015

Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,409,942,000
20241,265,068,000
20231,162,049,000
2022993,153,000
2021224,079,000
2020227,283,000
2019297,428,000
2018288,568,000
2017347,999,000
2016130,318,000
2015171,210,000
2014297,983,000
2013365,753,000
2012231,435,000
2011124,441,000
2010132,078,000
2009113,439,000
2008123,296,000
2007317,635,000
2006165,194,000
2005191,387,000
200420,927,000
200315,367,000
200218,029,000
200141,622,000
200064,051,000
199940,645,000
199837,872,000
199732,676,000
199647,820,000
199556,032,000
199450,000,000
199350,000,000
199240,000,000
199128,000,000
199032,000,000
198931,000,000
198840,000,000
198740,000,000
1986300,000,000
1985436,000,000
1984700,000,000
1983420,000,000
1982378,400,000
1981486,600,000
1980379,300,000

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

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