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Nigeria: Net transfers on external debt, long-term

-2.01Bcurrent USD · 2025-204.9% since 2015

Net transfers are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025-2,006,316,000
20244,331,791,000
2023385,911,000
20222,684,310,000
20214,004,821,000
20202,553,586,000
20192,839,883,000
20186,499,078,000
20178,763,356,000
2016595,917,000
20151,913,486,000
20146,901,183,000
20133,071,777,000
2012635,264,000
20112,824,322,000
20102,910,389,000
200930,710,000
2008657,800,000
2007541,260,000
2006-5,982,109,000
2005-8,793,302,000
2004-654,389,000
2003-647,719,000
2002912,947,000
2001-709,803,000
2000246,887,000
1999-839,409,000
1998-1,012,524,000
1997-1,063,163,000
1996-1,866,225,000
1995-1,342,392,000
1994-1,223,129,000
1993-897,199,000
1992-1,839,768,000
1991-2,129,837,000
1990-2,376,739,000
1989-498,512,000
1988-1,256,456,000
1987195,738,000
1986-435,307,000
1985-2,348,755,000
1984-1,344,123,000
1983712,519,000
19821,713,170,000
19811,144,330,000
1980997,769,000
19791,035,965,000
19781,560,435,000
19773,193,000
1976-274,113,000
1975-136,694,000
1974-82,855,000
1973-137,189,000
197255,460,000
197133,119,000
1970-14,466,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Net transfers on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-transfers-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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