World Bank data on Nigeria's external debt stocks and flows, part of the Quarterly External Debt Statistics and Quarterly Public Sector Debt databases. Data are gathered from national statistical organizations, central banks, and major multilateral institutions. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Analyze Nigeria's external debt stock trends based on quarterly statistics mentioned in the description
- Model public sector debt composition based on data covering central, state, and local government tiers
- Assess global financial flows to Nigeria based on detailed debt statistics for developing countries
Strengths
- Data sourced from authoritative institutions like the World Bank, national statistical organizations, and central banks
- Covers multiple tiers of government debt including central, state, and local levels
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Gathered from national statistical organizations and central banks as well as by various major multilateral institutions and World Bank staff.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:03:04.632760; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Nigeria