Liberia vs Nigeria: External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD)

Liberia
250.95 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2024
Nigeria
215.71 DOD, current US$ per person
in 2024
Liberia rank
100th
Nigeria rank
103rd

External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD) over time

  • Liberia
  • Nigeria
0200400600197019972024

How they compare

Liberia currently reports 250.95 DOD, current US$ per person against 215.71 DOD, current US$ per person in Nigeria, a difference of 35.24 DOD, current US$ per person.

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

Across all 55 years both countries report, Liberia has been ahead every year.

Liberia ranks 100th and Nigeria ranks 103rd of 122 countries.

Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Liberia Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 132.32 DOD, current US$ per person 18.68 DOD, current US$ per person 113.64 DOD, current US$ per person Liberia
1980s 372.69 DOD, current US$ per person 176.38 DOD, current US$ per person 196.31 DOD, current US$ per person Liberia
1990s 487.48 DOD, current US$ per person 246.71 DOD, current US$ per person 240.77 DOD, current US$ per person Liberia
2000s 325.51 DOD, current US$ per person 137.18 DOD, current US$ per person 188.33 DOD, current US$ per person Liberia
2010s 89.96 DOD, current US$ per person 66.15 DOD, current US$ per person 23.81 DOD, current US$ per person Liberia
2020s 213.55 DOD, current US$ per person 180.67 DOD, current US$ per person 32.87 DOD, current US$ per person Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher external debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod), Liberia or Nigeria?
Liberia, at 250.95 DOD, current US$ per person against 215.71 DOD, current US$ per person in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in external debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod) between Liberia and Nigeria?
35.24 DOD, current US$ per person, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Nigeria?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Liberia and Nigeria rank globally for external debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (ppg) (dod)?
Liberia ranks 100th and Nigeria ranks 103rd of 122 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Liberia vs Nigeria: External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/external-debt-stocks-public-and-publicly-guaranteed-ppg-dod-current-us-per-capita/liberia/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://debt.statizoid.com/compare/external-debt-stocks-public-and-publicly-guaranteed-ppg-dod-current-us-per-capita/liberia/nigeria/">Liberia vs Nigeria: External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$), per capita
Unit
DOD, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
134 places, 6,457 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DOD, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.