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Nigeria - External Debt 1983

Name: Nigeria External Debt 1983
Creator: World Bank
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Total external debt stocks · World Bank

$17.6B +$5.6B from 1982 Global rank: 83rd

Nigeria's external debt was $17.6B in 1983, increased +$5.6B from $12.0B in 1982. This was the 83rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1983▾

External Debt by Country - 1983
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Bhutan	$1.8M	54.2%
2nd	Vanuatu	$10.6M	160.5%
3rd	St. Lucia	$18.9M	10.4%
4th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$25.6M	20.6%
5th	Djibouti	$33.6M	37.5%
6th	Solomon Islands	$34.3M	22.5%
7th	Dominica	$39.2M	90.8%
8th	São Tomé and Principe	$43.8M	15.7%
9th	Viet Nam	$52.6M	22.9%
10th	Grenada	$58.5M	28.8%
11th	Samoa	$67.7M	2.9%
12th	Cabo Verde	$71.7M	21.5%
13th	Maldives	$77.2M	18.7%
14th	Comoros	$85.8M	24.5%
15th	Belize	$100.6M	44.2%
16th	Lesotho	$128.7M	5.4%
17th	Cambodia	$163.6M	0.0%
18th	Guinea-Bissau	$198.8M	16.8%
19th	Gambia, The	$211.7M	2.2%
20th	Chad	$219.4M	-0.5%
21st	Botswana	$228.1M	11.4%
22nd	Eswatini	$237.1M	15.3%
23rd	Rwanda	$240.5M	10.2%
24th	Central African Republic	$257.9M	1.7%
25th	Burundi	$307.7M	35.3%
26th	Fiji	$332.4M	9.9%
27th	Burkina Faso	$397.7M	13.0%
28th	Nepal	$452.4M	28.2%
29th	Lao PDR	$453.2M	5.1%
30th	Mauritius	$512.0M	-6.9%
31st	Haiti	$644.5M	5.7%
32nd	Sierra Leone	$648.7M	0.0%
33rd	Benin	$798.4M	5.3%
34th	Malawi	$892.4M	3.2%
35th	Gabon	$914.9M	-8.6%
36th	Togo	$916.7M	-3.6%
37th	Lebanon	$920.2M	26.9%
38th	Niger	$972.2M	1.2%
39th	Mali	$988.4M	12.9%
40th	Liberia	$1.0B	11.5%
41st	Uganda	$1.0B	15.4%
42nd	Guyana	$1.3B	24.6%
43rd	Mauritania	$1.3B	12.4%
44th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$1.3B	17.0%
45th	Guinea	$1.3B	-1.7%
46th	Paraguay	$1.5B	8.2%
47th	Ghana	$1.7B	12.3%
48th	Bulgaria	$1.7B	32.4%
49th	El Salvador	$1.8B	19.8%
50th	Papua New Guinea	$1.9B	14.7%
51st	Guatemala	$1.9B	16.4%
52nd	Congo, Republic of	$2.0B	3.4%
53rd	Madagascar	$2.0B	5.6%
54th	Senegal	$2.1B	11.5%
55th	Zimbabwe	$2.2B	17.4%
56th	Honduras	$2.2B	14.8%
57th	Myanmar	$2.5B	9.0%
58th	Yemen, Republic of	$2.8B	16.4%
59th	Sri Lanka	$2.9B	9.8%
60th	Cameroon	$2.9B	3.3%
61st	Dominican Republic	$3.0B	15.6%
62nd	Jordan	$3.0B	14.1%
63rd	Jamaica	$3.5B	21.2%
64th	Kenya	$3.6B	7.7%
65th	Zambia	$3.7B	2.3%
66th	Tunisia	$4.1B	7.6%
67th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$4.2B	21.7%
68th	Nicaragua	$4.2B	38.4%
69th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$5.3B	5.1%
70th	Bangladesh	$5.3B	8.2%
71st	Tanzania	$6.8B	10.9%
72nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$7.1B	-14.4%
73rd	Sudan	$7.5B	4.7%
74th	Ecuador	$7.7B	-1.5%
75th	Côte d'Ivoire	$8.9B	-1.1%
76th	China	$9.6B	15.0%
77th	Peru	$11.5B	5.9%
78th	Colombia	$11.6B	10.6%
79th	Pakistan	$12.0B	2.8%
80th	Morocco	$13.0B	5.1%
81st	Thailand	$13.9B	13.6%
82nd	Algeria	$16.4B	-7.2%
83rd	Nigeria	$17.6B	46.6%
84th	Türkiye	$20.3B	3.1%
85th	Serbia	$20.5B	2.9%
86th	Philippines	$24.2B	-0.8%
87th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$30.2B	10.6%
88th	Indonesia	$30.2B	20.3%
89th	India	$30.6B	13.8%
90th	Argentina	$46.1B	5.3%
91st	Mexico	$93.2B	8.0%
92nd	Brazil	$99.0B	4.9%

FAQ

What was Nigeria's external debt in 1983?▾

Nigeria's external debt in 1983 was $17.6B. This ranked 83rd globally.

How did Nigeria's external debt change in 1983?▾

Nigeria's external debt increased by 46.6% in 1983 compared to 1982.

Which country had the highest external debt in 1983?▾

Brazil had the highest external debt in 1983 at $99.0B.

What is the external debt of Nigeria in 1983?▾

The external debt of Nigeria in 1983 was $17.6B. This ranked 83rd globally.

What was Nigeria's external debt in billion in 1983?▾

Nigeria's external debt in 1983 was approximately 17.58 billion ($17.6B).

How does 1983 compare to 1982 for Nigeria's external debt?▾

Nigeria's external debt went from $12.0B in 1982 to $17.6B in 1983, a 46.6% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Nigeria matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1983. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.4%. View full analysis →

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