Figures checked 1 November 2026
Election 2027: 16 January
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Business and industry

Firms, manufacturing and investment. National figures for Nigeria; state figures are on each state's report as they are published.

Domestic credit to private sector
13.2%
2023 · World Bank
Foreign direct investment, net inflows
$4.0B
2025 · World Bank
Industry
16.4%
2025 · World Bank
Manufacturing, value added
8.3%
2025 · World Bank

The economy by activity

All business and industry figures

5 published

The economy by sector

What the economy is made of

58.2% services, 2025

Shares of GDP by sector. In 2025, services made up 58.2%, industry 16.4% and agriculture 23.0%. In 1981, they were 47.5%, 39.2% and 12.2%.

Taxes less subsidies on products: The difference between GDP and the three sectors’ value added, worked out from the published shares.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC-BY-4.0.

Donut, 2025

Structure of the economy

Services, value added (% of GDP)

58.2% 2025

In 2025, the figure for Nigeria was 58.2%. Up 4.5 points from 53.7% in 2024.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Version 3. CC-BY-4.0.

Over time

Investment and credit

Other sectors