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IndicatorGDP per capita
Latest dataset year2025
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SourceWorld Bank — World Development Indicators
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GDP per capita — Nigeria

Latest available year: 2025 · Data available from 1960 Latest is based on data available for Nigeria.

What this indicator means: Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. Frequency: annual · Unit: current US$ per person.

Historical time seriesChoose the period for Nigeria. Missing years are shown as gaps rather than connected data.

GDP per capita in Nigeria

1960–2025 · current US$ per person

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GDP per capitaY-axis: current US$ per person
3,4382,7192,0011,282564-155 current US$ per person 196019731986199920122025
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Source & methodology

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · View original source

World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are imported as published; null observations are excluded.

Status: verified · Last updated: 2026-09-12 17:02:20

First value931960
Latest value1,2242025
Change over period+1,214.47%1960 to 2025
Observations66complete annual series

Understanding GDP per capita in Nigeria

Gross domestic product divided by midyear population. AfriFacto presents the available historical observations so readers can understand the direction, scale and changes in gdp per capita over time. Where a source does not report a year, AfriFacto leaves that year as missing rather than estimating a value.

Historical data table

YearGDP per capitaSourceStatus
20251,224 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20241,084 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20232,139 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20222,899 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20212,787 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20202,797 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20193,190 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20182,058 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20171,876 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20162,070 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20152,586 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20143,089 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20132,873 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20122,633 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20112,418 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20102,202 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20091,820 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20082,154 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20071,816 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20061,600 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
20051,211 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2004962 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2003763 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2002712 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2001566 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
2000547 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1999481 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19981,822 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19971,720 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19961,633 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19951,272 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1994745 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1993540 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1992509 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1991597 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1990556 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1989465 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1988540 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1987588 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1986628 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1985869 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1984890 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19831,207 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19821,822 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
19812,162 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1980870 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1979661 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1978527 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1977536 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1976556 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1975438 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1974403 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1973252 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1972209 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1971160 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1970224 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1969121 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
196897 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1967100 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1966124 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1965117 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1964113 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1963108 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
1962105 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
196197 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified
196093 current US$ per personWorld Bank — World Development Indicatorsverified

African GDP per capita ranking 2025 · current US$ per person

The ranking uses the selected year. Countries without an observation for that year are omitted.

RankCountryGDP per capitaYear
1Nigeria1,2242025
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West Africa · Latest imported 2025

GDP per capita1,224.25current US$ per person
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