Nigeria · Statistic
Public debt outstanding, summary by tier
Public Finance · Source: DMO via NBS · quarterly
International comparability — CSA: Economic · GFSM 2014 (IMF)Summary of Nigeria's outstanding public debt stock - external, domestic and total - by government tier, reported quarterly, 2021-2025. Reported in both US dollars and Naira. Source: Debt Management Office (DMO).
Observations
230
Q2 2021 – Q4 2025
Coverage
Nigeria
national
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Displayed series · 19 quarterly periods · Q2 2021 – Q4 20252 currency3 debt type2 source unit
Public debt outstanding, summary by tier — debt_type=domestic · tier=fgn · currency=ngn was 80,488,865,110,000 in Q4 2025, against 17,631,803,100,000 in Q2 2021 — 19 quarterly periods.
Latest
80,488,865,110,000
Q4 2025
Minimum
17,631,803,100,000
Q2 2021
Maximum
80,488,865,110,000
Q4 2025
Range
17,631,803,100,000 – 80,488,865,110,000
lowest – highest observed
Periods
19
published points
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| Period | debt_type=domestic · tier=fgn · currency=ngn |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | 80,488,865,110,000 |
| Q3 2025 | 77,814,027,860,000 |
| Q2 2025 | 76,587,098,870,000 |
| Q1 2025 | 74,887,744,970,000 |
| Q4 2024 | 70,409,863,000,000 |
| Q3 2024 | 69,219,806,099,999.99 |
| Q2 2024 | 66,957,877,860,000 |
| Q1 2024 | 61,578,106,700,000 |
| Q4 2023 | 53,258,011,880,000 |
| Q3 2023 | 50,190,000,000,000 |
| Q2 2023 | 48,314,740,140,000 |
| Q1 2023 | 24,730,774,833,434 |
Methodology and provenance
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Source document
Last updated 13 August 2026
- Table Summary
Public debt summary (headline aggregates, US$m + NGNm) · DMO, 2025
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- Originator
- Debt Management Office (DMO)
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
- Publication
- Nigerian Domestic & Foreign Debt
- Printed source caption
- DMO, 2025
- Publication reference
- NGA-NBS-DEBT
- Catalog record
- Catalog 172
"Public debt outstanding, summary by tier", DMO via NBS, Nigerian Domestic & Foreign Debt, ref. NGA-NBS-DEBT. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nga-public-debt-summary.
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Source: DMO via NBS. Source publication: Nigerian Domestic & Foreign Debt. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; Q4 2025.