World Bank · Debt
Nigeria: Net flows on external debt, short-term
5.91Bcurrent USD · 2025+255.7% since 2015
Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. 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 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,911,927,000 | |
| 2024 | 3,942,339,000 | |
| 2023 | -3,217,286,000 | |
| 2022 | 2,927,821,000 | |
| 2021 | 150,419,000 | |
| 2020 | -2,434,674,000 | |
| 2019 | 7,060,182,000 | |
| 2018 | -3,673,592,000 | |
| 2017 | 10,944,352,000 | |
| 2016 | -2,318,135,000 | |
| 2015 | -3,796,064,000 | |
| 2014 | -2,699,750,000 | |
| 2013 | -173,609,000 | |
| 2012 | 4,141,001,000 | |
| 2011 | 1,933,423,000 | |
| 2010 | 3,663,463,000 | |
| 2009 | -413,400,000 | |
| 2008 | -273,680,000 | |
| 2007 | 850,000,000 | |
| 2006 | 105,230,000 | |
| 2005 | 4,158,256,000 | |
| 2004 | 608,744,000 | |
| 2003 | -52,680,000 | |
| 2002 | -432,940,000 | |
| 2001 | 151,130,000 | |
| 2000 | 241,000,000 | |
| 1999 | 45,180,000 | |
| 1998 | 218,310,000 | |
| 1997 | -137,430,000 | |
| 1996 | -224,440,000 | |
| 1995 | -73,130,000 | |
| 1994 | -512,060,000 | |
| 1993 | 506,830,000 | |
| 1992 | 635,230,000 | |
| 1991 | -86,197,000 | |
| 1990 | 218,897,000 | |
| 1989 | -415,400,000 | |
| 1988 | 1,414,944,000 | |
| 1987 | 2,129,598,000 | |
| 1986 | 1,339,486,000 | |
| 1985 | 643,100,000 | |
| 1984 | 984,300,000 | |
| 1983 | 4,450,000,000 | |
| 1982 | -1,905,000,000 | |
| 1981 | 871,000,000 | |
| 1980 | 1,270,000,000 | |
| 1979 | -163,000,000 | |
| 1978 | 285,000,000 | |
| 1977 | 1,730,000,000 | |
| 1976 | -112,000,000 | |
| 1975 | -63,000,000 | |
| 1974 | 33,000,000 | |
| 1973 | 225,000,000 | |
| 1972 | 39,000,000 | |
| 1971 | 40,000,000 | |
| 1970 | 269,000,000 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). Net flows on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-flows-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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