GDP per capita (current US$)
$1,224 Nigeria, 2025
Up 12.9% from $1,084 in 2024.
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Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Type of figure
- Official statistic. Published by a national authority, such as the statistics office or the central bank, and compiled by the source shown.
- Updated
- Yearly
- Compiled from
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,224 |
| 2024 | $1,084 |
| 2023 | $2,139 |
| 2022 | $2,899 |
| 2021 | $2,787 |
| 2020 | $2,797 |
| 2019 | $3,190 |
| 2018 | $2,058 |
| 2017 | $1,876 |
| 2016 | $2,070 |
| 2015 | $2,586 |
| 2014 | $3,089 |
| 2013 | $2,873 |
| 2012 | $2,633 |
| 2011 | $2,418 |
| 2010 | $2,202 |
| 2009 | $1,820 |
| 2008 | $2,154 |
| 2007 | $1,816 |
| 2006 | $1,600 |
| 2005 | $1,211 |
| 2004 | $962 |
| 2003 | $763 |
| 2002 | $712 |
| 2001 | $566 |
| 2000 | $547 |
| 1999 | $481 |
| 1998 | $1,822 |
| 1997 | $1,720 |
| 1996 | $1,633 |
| 1995 | $1,272 |
| 1994 | $745 |
| 1993 | $540 |
| 1992 | $509 |
| 1991 | $597 |
| 1990 | $556 |
| 1989 | $465 |
| 1988 | $540 |
| 1987 | $588 |
| 1986 | $628 |
| 1985 | $869 |
| 1984 | $890 |
| 1983 | $1,207 |
| 1982 | $1,822 |
| 1981 | $2,162 |
| 1980 | $870 |
| 1979 | $661 |
| 1978 | $527 |
| 1977 | $536 |
| 1976 | $556 |
| 1975 | $438 |
| 1974 | $403 |
| 1973 | $252 |
| 1972 | $209 |
| 1971 | $160 |
| 1970 | $224 |
| 1969 | $121 |
| 1968 | $97 |
| 1967 | $100 |
| 1966 | $124 |
| 1965 | $117 |
| 1964 | $113 |
| 1963 | $108 |
| 1962 | $105 |
| 1961 | $97 |
| 1960 | $93 |