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Nigeria: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1968–2024 · 57 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
49.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+5.1 pointsfrom 44.5%
Average, 2015–2024
28.6%10 years
Record high and low
69.0% (1991)low 2.89% (1975)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202449.7
202344.5
202234.9
202132.6
202031.0
201926.5
201825.0
201716.0
201614.2
201511.5

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1968–2024
  • WDI (archive)1978–1987
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1990–2005

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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