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GDP growth in Nigeria

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Nigeria's gdp growth is 4.01 % — #36 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

4.01%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Nigeria over time

15.33 %4.48 %-6.37 %15.33 % · 2002-6.37 % · 20202000: 5.02 %2001: 5.92 %2002: 15.33 %2003: 7.35 %2004: 9.25 %2005: 6.44 %2006: 6.06 %2007: 6.59 %2008: 6.76 %2009: 8.04 %2010: 8.01 %2011: 5.31 %2012: 4.23 %2013: 6.67 %2014: 6.31 %2015: 2.65 %2016: -1.62 %2017: 0.81 %2018: 1.92 %2019: 2.21 %2020: -6.37 %2021: 1.11 %2022: 4.32 %2023: 3.32 %2024: 4.07 %2025: 4.01 %2000201220254.01 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#36 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
72 %
91 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.06 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
11.32 pp
peak 15.33 % in 2002
Full series
▼ 1.00 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #10 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +1.11 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Nigeria: ahead of 72 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthNigeria 4.01 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Nigeria is ahead of 72 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Nigeria
34 Panama4.35 %+0.34 pp
35 Guatemala4.28 %+0.27 pp
36 Nigeria4.01 %—
37 United Arab Emirates3.99 %−0.02 pp
38 Malta3.96 %−0.05 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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