Nigeria vs Pakistan: Debt service on external debt, total

Nigeria
13.46 billion TDS, current US$
in 2024
Pakistan
16.31 billion TDS, current US$
in 2024
Nigeria rank
18th
Pakistan rank
16th

Debt service on external debt, total over time

  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
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How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 16.31 billion TDS, current US$ against 13.46 billion TDS, current US$ in Nigeria, a difference of 2.85 billion TDS, current US$.

That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Pakistan ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 18th and Pakistan ranks 16th of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Debt service on external debt, total (TDS, current US$)
Unit
TDS, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
133 places, 6,429 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Data are in current U.S. dollars.