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Nigeria: Net foreign assets

15.05Tcurrent LCU · 2023+82.1% since 2013

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (current LCU)Note
202315,049,207,643,488.1
20223,785,140,649,342.21
20219,310,435,523,105.31
20208,958,596,633,736.07
20195,943,983,314,426.01
201811,838,398,281,155.1
201710,977,201,244,971.5
20167,852,067,564,389.41
20155,324,502,075,402.53
20146,744,364,483,462.49
20138,262,158,068,561.79
20128,715,631,856,716.68
20116,643,739,390,318.7
20106,195,140,940,515.85
20097,287,924,931,711.25
20088,597,230,056,660.66
20077,310,443,611,774.29
20066,188,682,752,642.73
20053,865,390,527,278.96
20042,612,377,487,798.93
20031,356,362,876,765.96
20021,255,210,993,881.05
20011,325,342,274,469.87
20001,164,931,110,162.41
1999646,203,103,344.031
1998203,226,345,183.693
1997189,613,009,977.441
1996193,687,122,497.513
199561,209,680,965.347
1994-4,361,610,425.481
19938,584,315,773.126
19929,172,099,304.656
199154,054,887,476.331
199041,316,247,750.675
198918,296,224,651.875
19887,974,192,435.76
19876,864,857,386.335
19864,463,376,534.328
19851,815,918,758.695
19841,422,934,795.668
1983807,633,352.417
19821,057,254,947.58
19812,556,247,142.107
19805,606,830,536.259
19793,228,271,415.949
19781,420,065,095.463
19772,889,282,566.324
19763,329,435,136.438
19753,665,287,764.572
19743,498,200,491.422
1973414,141,050.321
1972243,657,159.502
1971280,028,583.557
1970153,614,293.732
196994,214,288.949
196879,607,145.212
196755,200,002.352
1966137,700,002.352
1965159,671,429.995
1964132,171,429.995
1963153,571,429.995
1962203,500,000
1961223,600,000
1960221,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Net foreign assets. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-foreign-assets (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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