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Nigeria: Reserves and related items

5.00Bcurrent USD · 2025+185.5% since 2015

Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency.Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1977 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20255,002,775,733.993
20248,335,870,671.922
2023-2,754,917,393.935
2022-3,381,557,620.043
20213,608,654,132.524
2020-5,047,487,522.912
2019-4,490,238,392.729
20183,286,180,060.613
201712,241,890,188.864
2016-980,917,730.762
2015-5,853,533,823.315
2014-8,452,487,761.419
2013-980,099,586.954
201211,097,745,202.731
2011305,848,564.877
2010-9,692,912,667.364
2009-10,516,390,467.831
20081,656,611,618.076
20078,960,146,890.533
200613,894,470,557.003
200511,335,787,995.964
20048,491,391,422.589
2003-1,260,115,727.728
2002-4,689,238,428.652
2001222,705,573.689
20003,089,271,863.302
1999-3,537,662,519.701
1998-818,487,343.882
19974,670,720.685
1996-238,487,281.224
1995-862,650,733.434
1994-1,938,033,934.518
1993-1,911,146,038.839
1992-5,638,074,583.139
1991-1,522,885,104.248
19901,041,075,803.898
1989-2,666,892,218.584
1988-5,129,004,532.902
1987-4,538,633,962.031
1986-1,058,876,534.326
1985-1,208,835,606.261
1984-970,554,954.906
1983-2,887,114,230.158
1982-5,618,961,221.613
1981-4,989,031,633.73
19804,431,405,365.903
19793,196,765,483.021
1978-2,095,934,801.022
1977-823,138,787.898

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World Bank (2026). Reserves and related items. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-reserves-and-related-items (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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