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Nigeria Foreign Reserves

$46.02Bas of 2025+13.9% vs 2024

Foreign Reserves is measured in current U.S. dollars. Changes in the NGN/USD exchange rate can affect the dollar value; this chart does not separate those effects.

Total reserves including gold, in current US dollars. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

20002025 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodForeign Reserves
2025$46.02B
2024$40.41B
2023$33.45B
2022$36.81B
2021$41.73B
2020$38.03B
2019$39.38B
2018$43.72B
2017$40.5B
2016$28.02B
2015$29.01B
2014$35.07B

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=NG&metric_key=total_reserves_usd" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Foreign Reserves across Africa

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CountryForeign ReservesPeriod
Kenya$12.39B2025
South Africa$76.02B2025
Egypt$48.88B2025
Ghana$4.47B2024
Ethiopia$3.78B2024
Tanzania$5.05B2018

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