Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Nigeria's current account (% gdp) stands at 4.83% as of 2025-12-31, down from 7.54% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1977 to 2025 (49 observations).
In 2025, Nigeria's current account (% gdp) was 4.83%, down from 7.54% in 2024.
In 2024, Nigeria's current account (% gdp) was 7.54%, up from 1.32% in 2023.
In 2023, Nigeria's current account (% gdp) was 1.32%, up from 0.1574% in 2022.
In 2022, Nigeria's current account (% gdp) was 0.1574%, up from -0.5342% in 2021.
In 2021, Nigeria's current account (% gdp) was -0.5342%, up from -2.67% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.83% | -2.72% |
| 2024 | 7.54% | +6.23% |
| 2023 | 1.32% | +1.16% |
| 2022 | 0.1574% | +0.6917% |
| 2021 | -0.5342% | +2.14% |
| 2020 | -2.67% | -0.6226% |
| 2019 | -2.05% | -3.77% |
| 2018 | 1.73% | -1.88% |
| 2017 | 3.61% | +2.36% |
| 2016 | 1.25% | +4.39% |
| 2015 | -3.13% | -3.29% |
| 2014 | 0.1579% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 3.66% | -0.0822% |
| 2012 | 3.74% | +1.17% |
| 2011 | 2.57% | -0.9986% |
| 2010 | 3.57% | -1.13% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | -3.88% |
| 2008 | 8.59% | -1.35% |
| 2007 | 9.94% | -5.38% |
| 2006 | 15.31% | -5.48% |
| 2005 | 20.79% | +8.39% |
| 2004 | 12.4% | +9.17% |
| 2003 | 3.24% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 1.14% | -2.23% |
| 2001 | 3.37% | -7.37% |
| 2000 | 10.74% | +9.88% |
| 1999 | 0.8551% | +1.41% |
| 1998 | -0.5536% | -0.6374% |
| 1997 | 0.0838% | -0.5078% |
| 1996 | 0.5916% | +1.16% |
| 1995 | -0.5693% | +2.08% |
| 1994 | -2.65% | -1.27% |
| 1993 | -1.38% | -5.73% |
| 1992 | 4.36% | +2.34% |
| 1991 | 2.02% | -7.21% |
| 1990 | 9.23% | +6.76% |
| 1989 | 2.48% | +3.07% |
| 1988 | -0.5971% | -0.4581% |
| 1987 | -0.139% | -0.5238% |
| 1986 | 0.3848% | -3.15% |
| 1985 | 3.53% | +3.36% |
| 1984 | 0.1669% | +4.63% |
| 1983 | -4.46% | +0.639% |
| 1982 | -5.1% | -1.16% |
| 1981 | -3.94% | -12% |
| 1980 | 8.06% | +4.53% |
| 1979 | 3.53% | +13.81% |
| 1978 | -10.28% | -7.46% |
| 1977 | -2.82% | — |
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Nigeria's current account (% gdp) is 4.83% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 7.54% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 20.79% (2005); the lowest is -10.28% (1978), across data from 1977 to 2025.
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