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Nigeria Average External Debt 1970-2025

Name: Nigeria External Debt
Creator: World Bank
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$34.8B 56 data points

Total external debt stocks · World Bank

Nigeria's average external debt from 1970 to 2025 was $34.8B, based on 56 data points.

All Data (sorted by year)▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2025	$114.2B	+$5.4B	19th
2024	$108.8B	+$6.3B	101st
2023	$102.5B	−$591.5M	102nd
2022	$103.1B	+$6.8B	103rd
2021	$96.3B	+$8.7B	103rd
2020	$87.6B	+$6.2B	103rd
2019	$81.3B	+$11.9B	103rd
2018	$69.4B	+$4.3B	102nd
2017	$65.1B	+$21.4B	101st
2016	$43.7B	−$1.3B	98th
2015	$45.0B	−$1.6B	100th
2014	$46.7B	+$4.1B	99th
2013	$42.6B	+$3.3B	97th
2012	$39.3B	+$5.2B	98th
2011	$34.1B	+$5.0B	96th
2010	$29.1B	+$6.4B	96th
2009	$22.7B	+$2.3B	93rd
2008	$20.4B	+$934.6M	92nd
2007	$19.5B	+$2.0B	89th
2006	$17.5B	−$16.2B	89th
2005	$33.7B	−$12.3B	99th
2004	$45.9B	+$4.1B	104th
2003	$41.9B	+$5.1B	104th
2002	$36.8B	+$1.8B	104th
2001	$35.0B	+$1.5B	103rd
2000	$33.5B	+$4.4B	103rd
1999	$29.1B	−$1.2B	100th
1998	$30.3B	+$1.8B	97th
1997	$28.5B	−$2.9B	96th
1996	$31.4B	−$2.7B	100th
1995	$34.1B	+$1.0B	102nd
1994	$33.1B	+$2.4B	102nd
1993	$30.7B	+$1.7B	100th
1992	$29.0B	−$4.5B	94th
1991	$33.5B	+$68.4M	88th
1990	$33.5B	+$3.3B	88th
1989	$30.1B	+$497.9M	87th
1988	$29.6B	+$599.2M	86th
1987	$29.0B	+$6.8B	85th
1986	$22.2B	+$3.6B	84th
1985	$18.7B	+$872.1M	85th
1984	$17.8B	+$206.3M	84th
1983	$17.6B	+$5.6B	83rd
1982	$12.0B	+$547.0M	80th
1981	$11.4B	+$2.5B	82nd
1980	$8.9B	+$2.7B	70th
1979	$6.2B	+$1.2B	68th
1978	$5.1B	+$1.9B	68th
1977	$3.1B	+$1.8B	63rd
1976	$1.3B	−$349.4M	55th
1975	$1.7B	−$193.5M	62nd
1974	$1.9B	+$101.7M	65th
1973	$1.8B	+$697.2M	66th
1972	$1.1B	+$121.4M	63rd
1971	$960.4M	+$123.7M	61st
1970	$836.7M	–	61st

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