Africa vs Nigeria: External debt, end year

Africa
11.91 trillion current US$
in 2011
Nigeria
31.26 billion current US$
in 2001
Africa rank
1st
Nigeria rank
3rd

External debt, end year over time

  • Africa
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Africa currently reports 11.91 trillion current US$ against 31.26 billion current US$ in Nigeria, a difference of 11.88 trillion current US$.

That makes Africa's figure about 381.0 times Nigeria's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 6 groups.

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About this data

Indicator
External debt, end year (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
48 places, 1,232 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Foreign debt consists of the outstanding stock or recognized, direct liabilities of the government to the rest of the world, generated in the past and scheduled to be extinguished by government operations in the future or to continue as perpetual debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.