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$100B Milestone: At the current borrowing rate, Nigeria's debt will cross $100 billion in approximately 37 days
Did You Know Nigeria's debt has grown 170% in the last 10 years.
2025
Total Public Debt
$99.0B
80.6 NGN trillions domestic
External Reserves
$45.7B
Central Bank of Nigeria
USD/NGN Rate
₦1550
Parallel: ₦1650
Petrol (PMS)
₦1050/L
Diesel: ₦1440/L
Debt Per Citizen
$430
₦667,174 per Nigerian
Debt-to-GDP
34.7%
GDP: $285B
Debt Service / Revenue
64%
₦10.5T / ₦16.5T
Inflation Rate
15.2%
CPI annual average
Brent Crude Oil
$75/bbl
Annual average price
Debt Per Second
$307
Accumulating in real-time
Currency Converter
Official: N1550/$1 · Parallel: N1650/$1
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Presidential Scorecard
Economic metrics inherited vs left by each president
OO

Olusegun Obasanjo

1999–2007 PDP
Inherited Left Change
Total Debt
$37B $18B $-19B
Reserves
$5B $44B +$39B
USD/NGN
₦92 ₦128 +39%
Petrol
₦20 ₦65 +225%
GDP
$81B $314B +$233B
Inflation
6.6% 8.2% +1.6pp
Debt Svc/Rev
81% 13% -68pp
Litres/Wage
150L 85L -65L
Negotiated Paris Club debt exit ($18bn relief)
UY

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

2007–2010 PDP
Inherited Left Change
Total Debt
$18B $25B +$8B
Reserves
$44B $42B $-2B
USD/NGN
₦128 ₦149 +16%
Petrol
₦65 ₦65 +0%
GDP
$314B $426B +$112B
Inflation
8.2% 12.6% +4.4pp
Debt Svc/Rev
13% 15% +2pp
Litres/Wage
85L 85L 0L
Died in office May 2010
GJ

Goodluck Jonathan

2010–2015 PDP
Inherited Left Change
Total Debt
$25B $60B +$34B
Reserves
$42B $34B $-8B
USD/NGN
₦149 ₦158 +6%
Petrol
₦65 ₦97 +49%
GDP
$426B $811B +$385B
Inflation
12.6% 8.1% -4.5pp
Debt Svc/Rev
15% 22% +7pp
Litres/Wage
85L 186L +101L
GDP rebased to become Africa's largest economy
MB

Muhammadu Buhari

2015–2023 APC
Inherited Left Change
Total Debt
$60B $105B +$45B
Reserves
$34B $37B +$3B
USD/NGN
₦158 ₦435 +175%
Petrol
₦97 ₦185 +91%
GDP
$811B $646B $-165B
Inflation
8.1% 18.9% +10.8pp
Debt Svc/Rev
22% 71% +48pp
Litres/Wage
186L 162L -23L
Two recessions (2016, 2020). Ways & Means securitization
BT

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

2023–present APC
Inherited Left Change
Total Debt
$105B $99B $-6B
Reserves
$37B $46B +$9B
USD/NGN
₦435 ₦1550 +256%
Petrol
₦185 ₦1050 +468%
GDP
$646B $285B $-361B
Inflation
18.9% 15.2% -3.7pp
Debt Svc/Rev
71% 64% -7pp
Litres/Wage
162L 67L -95L
Removed fuel subsidy. Unified exchange rate
Historical Trends (1999–2025)
Hover over charts for details. Shaded regions indicate presidential eras.
Total Public Debt (USD Billions)
External + Domestic debt combined
Revenue vs Debt Service (NGN T)
Federal revenue and debt servicing costs
Debt Service as % of Revenue
How much revenue goes to servicing debt
External Reserves (USD Billions)
CBN foreign exchange reserves
Brent Crude vs Reserves
Oil price correlation with external reserves
USD/NGN Exchange Rate
Official vs parallel market rates
Inflation Rate (CPI %)
Consumer price index annual average
Fuel Prices (NGN/Litre)
Petrol (PMS) and Diesel (AGO)
Litres of Petrol per Minimum Wage
How much fuel a minimum wage can buy
GDP (USD Billions)
Nigeria's nominal GDP in US dollars
Debt-to-GDP Ratio
Total public debt as % of GDP
Naira Purchasing Power Index
Value of ₦1,000 in 1999 terms (based on FX)