Nigeria GDP per Capita
The economy's output in a full calendar year divided by the number of people living there that year: the usual measure of average living standards.
₦1.9m
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1960 to 2025
Source: Calculated: GDP for each complete calendar year divided by that year's population. GDP: World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.CN · GDP at current prices, naira million, annual. Population: World Bank · Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL).
Nigeria GDP per Capita in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Nigeria, the GDP per capita rose by ₦257k in 2025, from ₦1.6m in 2024.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in 1960.
Over the past five years it has ranged from ₦998k in 2020 to ₦1.9m in 2025.
Nigeria is 61st of 61 countries in our GDP per Capita by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
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- Source
- Calculated: GDP for each complete calendar year divided by that year's population. GDP: World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.CN
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- NGN
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-09. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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