{
  "title": "External debt by creditor category",
  "description": "Stacked bar chart of Nigeria's external debt stock in US dollar billions, split by creditor category, by year. The same figures are in the table below.",
  "unit": "US$ billion",
  "source": "2020–2025 · Centre for Inclusive Social Development",
  "notes": [
    "“Syndicated loan” appears in the source as a creditor category and also as a creditor within Commercial. It is shown separately here pending clarification rather than merged silently."
  ],
  "retrieved": "2026-10-03T01:06:45+00:00",
  "page": "https://cisdnigeria.org/debt-campaign/data/#external-debt-by-creditor-category",
  "publisher": "Centre for Inclusive Social Development",
  "series": [
    "Multilateral",
    "Bilateral",
    "Commercial",
    "Syndicated loan"
  ],
  "data": [
    {
      "period": "2020",
      "Multilateral": "17.93",
      "Bilateral": "4.06",
      "Commercial": "11.36",
      "Syndicated loan": "—"
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "Multilateral": "18.66",
      "Bilateral": "4.47",
      "Commercial": "15.27",
      "Syndicated loan": "—"
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "Multilateral": "20.20",
      "Bilateral": "5.07",
      "Commercial": "16.17",
      "Syndicated loan": "0.26"
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "Multilateral": "21.15",
      "Bilateral": "5.96",
      "Commercial": "15.12",
      "Syndicated loan": "0.27"
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "Multilateral": "22.32",
      "Bilateral": "6.09",
      "Commercial": "17.32",
      "Syndicated loan": "0.05"
    },
    {
      "period": "2025",
      "Multilateral": "23.85",
      "Bilateral": "6.72",
      "Commercial": "21.28",
      "Syndicated loan": "—"
    }
  ]
}