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Nigeria

$4.4bn received in 2022
12 donors recorded

Aid received over time

$0.00m$3.1bn$6.2bn$9.3bn$12.3bn20002004200820122016202020222000: $174m2000: $174m2001: $168m2001: $168m2002: $300m2002: $300m2003: $310m2003: $310m2004: $579m2004: $579m2005: $6.4bn2005: $6.4bn2006: $11.4bn2006: $11.4bn2007: $1.6bn2007: $1.6bn2008: $961m2008: $961m2009: $1.2bn2009: $1.2bn2010: $2.1bn2010: $2.1bn2011: $1.8bn2011: $1.8bn2012: $1.9bn2012: $1.9bn2013: $2.5bn2013: $2.5bn2014: $2.5bn2014: $2.5bn2015: $2.4bn2015: $2.4bn2016: $2.5bn2016: $2.5bn2017: $3.4bn2017: $3.4bn2018: $3.3bn2018: $3.3bn2019: $3.3bn2019: $3.3bn2020: $3.4bn2020: $3.4bn2021: $3.5bn2021: $3.5bn2022: $4.4bn2022: $4.4bn
Nigeria — ODA received USD millions

Who funds it

International Development Association [IDA]: $2.1bnInternational Development Assoc…$2.1bnUnited States: $772mUnited States$772mGlobal Fund: $386mGlobal Fund$386mGates Foundation: $204mGates Foundation$204mFrance: $146mFrance$146mUnited Kingdom: $136mUnited Kingdom$136mGlobal Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization [GAVI]: $134mGlobal Alliance for Vaccines an…$134mEU Institutions: $125mEU Institutions$125mGermany: $106mGermany$106mCanada: $82mCanada$82mMastercard Foundation: $71mMastercard Foundation$71mUNICEF: $51mUNICEF$51m
Who funded it, 2022 USD millions

Chinese finance

Not part of the figures above, and not addable to them: China does not report to the OECD, so these are commitments reconstructed by AidData, in constant 2021 dollars. Total $14.7bn.

$0.00m$787m$1.6bn$2.4bn$3.1bn2002200620102014201820212002: $988m2002: $988m2003: $6m2003: $6m2005: $61m2005: $61m2006: $448m2006: $448m2007: $24m2007: $24m2008: $70m2008: $70m2009: $16m2009: $16m2010: $1.6bn2010: $1.6bn2012: $587m2012: $587m2013: $2.2bn2013: $2.2bn2014: $127m2014: $127m2015: $0.15m2015: $0.15m2016: $386m2016: $386m2017: $2.1bn2017: $2.1bn2018: $1.2bn2018: $1.2bn2019: $1.5bn2019: $1.5bn2020: $2.9bn2020: $2.9bn2021: $414m2021: $414m
Nigeria — Chinese commitments USD millions, constant 2021

Largest projects

China Eximbank provides $1.267 billion preferential buyer’s credit for Phase 2 (Lagos-Ibadan Section) of Nigerian Railway Modernization Project (Linked to Project ID#1844, #60767, #60850, and #195)844, #60767, #60850, and #195) $1.5bn
2017 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Completion
ICBC contributes to $2.45 billion syndicated loan for Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline Project (Linked to Project ID#67052, #60925) $1.4bn
2020 OOF-like Loan Energy Implementation
Bank of China contributes to $2.45 billion syndicated loan for Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline Project (Linked to Project ID#67051, #60925) $1.4bn
2020 OOF-like Loan Energy Implementation
China Eximbank provides $984.23 million preferential buyer’s credit for 700MW Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant Construction Project $1.1bn
2013 OOF-like Loan Energy Implementation
China Development Bank provides $629 million loan for Phase 1 of Lekki Deep Water Port Project $707m
2019 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Completion
China Eximbank provides $500 million preferential buyer’s credit for Phase 1 (Abuja-Kaduna Section) of Nigerian Railway Modernization Project (Linked to Project ID#1844, #60848, #60767, #60850) $696m
2010 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Completion
China Eximbank provides $500 million preferential buyer’s credit for Phase 1 of Abuja Light Rail Network Project (Linked to Project ID#73400) $587m
2012 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Completion
China Eximbank provides $500 million preferential buyer’s credit for Nigeria Four Airport Terminal Expansion Project (Linked to Project ID #85965, #86025) $564m
2013 OOF-like Loan Transport And Storage Completion

Source: AidData Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset v3.0 (ODC-BY). Commitments, not disbursements.

What the country raises itself

Aid is only one side of the ledger. Revenue excluding grants is the direct counterpart to ODA: what the state collects without donor support.

1.4% Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 2025

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Source: OECD DAC2A, as reported by donors. A reported disbursement is not evidence of funds received or spent.