Nigeria
Nigeria in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Nigeria recorded GDP per capita: 1,224 (2025), ranking 188 of 212 worldwide; Population: 237.53 million (2025), ranking 6 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 54.6 (2024), ranking 217 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 23.01% (2025), ranking 9 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+6830%) and Education spending the largest decrease (-90%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 237.53 million (2025) makes it one of the larger populations in this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 290,794,361,542.11 | 2025 | +6830.0% |
| GDP per capita | 1,224.25 | 2025 | +1214.5% |
| GDP growth | 4.01% | 2025 | +1992.5% |
| Population | 237,527,782 | 2025 | +427.2% |
| Population growth | 2.06% | 2025 | +0.3% |
| Urban population | 63.78% | 2025 | +348.1% |
| Inflation | 23.01% | 2025 | +322.6% |
| Life expectancy | 54.64 | 2024 | +46.8% |
| Infant mortality | 69.8 | 2024 | -59.3% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.57 | 2024 | +9.8% |
| GDP (PPP) | 2,264,022,356,237.62 | 2025 | +720.9% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 9,531.61 | 2025 | +235.6% |
| Labor participation | 82.52% | 2025 | +0.9% |
| Unemployment | 3.06% | 2025 | -20.0% |
| Electricity access | 62.5% | 2024 | +128.9% |
| Internet users | 41.21% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 23.21% | 2023 | -20.3% |
| Health spending | 4.19% | 2023 | +31.1% |
| Education spending | 0.32% | 2023 | -90.1% |