External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)
$108.8B Nigeria, 2024
Up 6.1% from $102.5B in 2023.
Official statisticYearly
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · DT.DOD.DECT.CD · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
- Type of figure
- Official statistic. Published by a national authority, such as the statistics office or the central bank, and compiled by the source shown.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (DT.DOD.DECT.CD)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DECT.CD. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $108.8B |
| 2023 | $102.5B |
| 2022 | $103.1B |
| 2021 | $96.3B |
| 2020 | $87.6B |
| 2019 | $81.3B |
| 2018 | $69.4B |
| 2017 | $65.1B |
| 2016 | $43.7B |
| 2015 | $45.0B |
| 2014 | $46.7B |
| 2013 | $42.6B |
| 2012 | $39.3B |
| 2011 | $34.1B |
| 2010 | $29.1B |
| 2009 | $22.7B |
| 2008 | $20.4B |
| 2007 | $19.5B |
| 2006 | $17.5B |
| 2005 | $33.7B |
| 2004 | $45.9B |
| 2003 | $41.9B |
| 2002 | $36.8B |
| 2001 | $35.0B |
| 2000 | $33.5B |
| 1999 | $29.1B |
| 1998 | $30.3B |
| 1997 | $28.5B |
| 1996 | $31.4B |
| 1995 | $34.1B |
| 1994 | $33.1B |
| 1993 | $30.7B |
| 1992 | $29.0B |
| 1991 | $33.5B |
| 1990 | $33.5B |
| 1989 | $30.1B |
| 1988 | $29.6B |
| 1987 | $29.0B |
| 1986 | $22.2B |
| 1985 | $18.7B |
| 1984 | $17.8B |
| 1983 | $17.6B |
| 1982 | $12.0B |
| 1981 | $11.4B |
| 1980 | $8.9B |
| 1979 | $6.2B |
| 1978 | $5.1B |
| 1977 | $3.1B |
| 1976 | $1.3B |
| 1975 | $1.7B |
| 1974 | $1.9B |
| 1973 | $1.8B |
| 1972 | $1.1B |
| 1971 | $960.4M |
| 1970 | $836.7M |