In 2022, the US exported $631 million worth of agricultural produce to Nigeria, with wheat the biggest export. It accounted for 76% of the exports followed by industrial ethanol (9.3%).
Nigeria's debt burden has been a growing concern, with data revealing that for every $1 billion external loan repaid in the past decade, approximately $3 billion was borrowed. Here, we look at how the country has managed its external debt in the past ten years.
African countries dominated the list of top diamond producers, with 11 of them among the top 14 in 2022. Russia tops the list with a production of 41.9 million carats, followed by Botswana, which produced 24.5 million carats. Here are the top diamond-producing countries in 2022.
Data from the Boston University Global Development Policy Center shows that Chinese creditors have loaned African countries $167 billion since 2000, with Angola receiving 27% ($45 billion) of the amount. Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, and Egypt complete the top five.
Nigeria repaid an average of $368m in external debt every year between 2008 and 2017. In 2018, the payments increased by 217% to $1.47b from $464m in 2017, then dropped by 9.4% in 2019, and has since been on the rise. Here are Nigeria's external debt repayments since 2008.
Nigeria added ₦23.9 trillion to the debt it owes creditors within the country as of Q2 2023, its external debt on the other hand increased by 1.14% from $42.7 billion to $43.2 billion.
Nigeria has added ₦23.9 trillion to the debt it owes creditors within the country as of Q2 2023. As of June 2023, the country's domestic debt had risen from ₦30.2 trillion in March to ₦54.1 trillion, a 79% increase.
While revenue continued to decline in 2022, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) witnessed a remarkable turnaround in its mail handling operations in 2022, handling two times what it did in 2021, the first growth in handled mails recorded since 2016.
Between 2017 and 2022, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) recorded 1.4% revenue growth only in 2018. NIPOST's revenue has gradually declined from ₦8.8 billion in 2016 to ₦3 billion in 2022, representing a 66% drop. Here are NIPOST's revenues since 2016.
Nigeria's government collected ₦2 trillion in corporate income tax in H1 2023, with a spike from ₦469 billion in Q1 to ₦1.53 trillion in Q2. The corporate tax payments for H1 2023 are higher than any full-year collections from 2015 to 2021.
