World Bank · Debt

Nigeria: Interest payments, public sector, bilateral

190.53Mcurrent USD · 2025+8.7% since 2015

Public sector bilateral debt includes loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. 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.

19842025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025190,529,982.9
2024245,437,313.1
2023134,649,052.6
2022121,030,684.4
2021109,850,369.5
2020101,779,064.8
2019157,656,070.1
201873,043,225.4
201751,451,897.3
201642,624,000
2015175,248,023.1
201429,348,000
201325,461,866
201218,743,001.8
201118,443,051.5
201018,012,573.3
200931,387,355.8
200824,233,308.5
20076,565,637.6
20064,962,735
20054,619,856,469.3
2004288,140,245.8
2003177,725,751.4
200216,899,923.3
2001492,476,628.1
2000325,562,000
19991,625,000
1998133,009,000
199785,246,000
1996193,000,819.8
1993255,647,000
1992504,847,972.3
1991895,118,624.3
19901,037,984,429.9
1989363,248,341.3
1988477,199,514.7
1987178,854,405.2
198620,375,059.9
198582,851,458
198474,307,932.8
198349,305,467.1
198215,094,872.3
198118,957,465.4
198017,230,871.5
197911,041,270.7
197810,506,277.3
197711,070,323.3
19768,260,180.1
197510,534,794.4
19749,102,753.9
19737,877,478.1
19727,771,303.4
19717,437,425
19706,925,584.4

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