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Debt per person in Nigeria

How much state debt sits on each resident’s shoulders?

Nigeria's debt per person is $435 — #5 of 123 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

$435

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components)

If the central government's debt were split equally, every resident of Nigeria would carry about $435 of it.

Among 123 countries

43 of 123 countries between $331 and $3,00826 of 123 countries between $3,008 and $5,6858 of 123 countries between $5,685 and $8,3626 of 123 countries between $8,362 and $11,0395 of 123 countries between $11,039 and $13,7163 of 123 countries between $13,716 and $16,3935 of 123 countries between $16,393 and $19,0701 of 123 countries between $19,070 and $21,7472 of 123 countries between $21,747 and $24,4242 of 123 countries between $24,424 and $27,1013 of 123 countries between $27,101 and $29,7782 of 123 countries between $29,778 and $32,4553 of 123 countries between $32,455 and $35,1311 of 123 countries between $35,131 and $37,8082 of 123 countries between $37,808 and $40,4851 of 123 countries between $40,485 and $43,1622 of 123 countries between $43,162 and $45,8391 of 123 countries between $48,516 and $51,1933 of 123 countries between $56,547 and $59,2244 of 123 countries between $61,901 and $64,578median $5,027Nigeria: ahead of 96 % of the 123 countries with a published debt per personNigeria $435$331$64,578
Half of all 123 countries sit between $1,605 and $16,450. Nigeria is ahead of 96 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#5 of 123
lower is better
Ranked behind
96 %
118 of 123 countries

In Africa: #4 of 20vs median $5,027: −91 % (better)

The neighbourhood

#CountryDebt per personvs Nigeria
3 Haiti$331−$104
4 Ethiopia$402−$33
5 Nigeria$435—
6 Mozambique$450+$15
7 Azerbaijan$473+$38

General government debt divided down to one resident, in US dollars — our calculation from IMF debt/GDP and World Bank GDP per capita, both dated within two years of each other.

How to read this figure

Our own calculation: central government debt as a share of GDP multiplied by GDP per person, both World Bank figures — the abstract ratio turned into a number a person can feel. It is an accounting split, not a bill anyone receives; the state also holds assets, and general government debt (with local government and social funds) can be higher. We only compute it when both legs exist.

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