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Nigeria: Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)

36.19percent · 2024+146.8% since 2014

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods (merchandise) exports, exports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) receipts. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1977 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202436.191
202329.175
202230.387
202135.208
202044.246
201928.871
201820.265
201733.385
201616.445
201517.699
201414.663
201315.296
201215.596
201111.007
201011.28
20099.738
20086.851
20079.227
20069.187
20059.645
200413.711
200312.168
200212.391
20018.279
20005.287
199944.321
1998226.132
1997111.523
1996106.784
1995145.955
199448.858
199335.554
199216.997
19916.431
199010.186
19895.42
198821.26
198720.032
198668.289
198536.968
198446.526
198346.56
198219.676
198122.736
198012.8
197912.667
197821.076
197716.265

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World Bank (2026). Short-term debt (% of exports of goods, services and primary income). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-short-term-debt-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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