Nigeria — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Nigeria, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Nigeria was 1,224 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3,190 in 2019. The lowest was 93 in 1960 (about 13.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.04% per year.
Nigeria ranks 188 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 89%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Nigeria sits below it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 62% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 53%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 26 of 47 economies; Uganda (1,206) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 148% in 1981. That is 46% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1970; grown tenfold by 1981. Doubling roughly every 17 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 93rd of 111 in 1960 → 106th of 146 in 1970 → 100th of 163 in 1980 → 152nd of 192 in 1990 → 161st of 204 in 2000 → 154th of 212 in 2010 → 154th of 210 in 2020 → 166th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,224.25 | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 1,084.16 | -49.3% |
| 2023 | 2,138.76 | -26.2% |
| 2022 | 2,899.16 | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 2,787.49 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,797.18 | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 3,189.81 | +55.0% |
| 2018 | 2,057.88 | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 1,876.34 | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 2,070.41 | -19.9% |
| 2015 | 2,585.73 | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 3,088.72 | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 2,872.79 | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 2,633.2 | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 2,418.41 | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 2,202.26 | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 1,820.49 | -15.5% |
| 2008 | 2,154.11 | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 1,815.53 | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 1,599.54 | +32.0% |
| 2005 | 1,211.38 | +25.9% |
| 2004 | 962.48 | +26.1% |
| 2003 | 763.39 | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 712.16 | +25.7% |
| 2001 | 566.43 | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 547.32 | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 480.67 | -73.6% |
| 1998 | 1,822.47 | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 1,720.28 | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 1,632.72 | +28.4% |
| 1995 | 1,271.62 | +70.7% |
| 1994 | 744.88 | +38.1% |
| 1993 | 539.57 | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 508.52 | -14.8% |
| 1991 | 596.94 | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 556.38 | +19.5% |
| 1989 | 465.49 | -13.7% |
| 1988 | 539.54 | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 587.96 | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 628.25 | -27.7% |
| 1985 | 868.64 | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 890.43 | -26.2% |
| 1983 | 1,207.07 | -33.7% |
| 1982 | 1,821.53 | -15.8% |
| 1981 | 2,162.21 | +148.4% |
| 1980 | 870.36 | +31.7% |
| 1979 | 660.99 | +25.5% |
| 1978 | 526.9 | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 535.97 | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 556.39 | +27.0% |
| 1975 | 438.08 | +8.7% |
| 1974 | 402.84 | +59.6% |
| 1973 | 252.37 | +20.5% |
| 1972 | 209.45 | +30.5% |
| 1971 | 160.48 | -28.5% |
| 1970 | 224.46 | +84.8% |
| 1969 | 121.44 | +24.8% |
| 1968 | 97.34 | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 99.5 | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 124.38 | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 117.29 | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 113.3 | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 107.68 | +3.0% |
| 1962 | 104.53 | +7.6% |
| 1961 | 97.14 | +4.3% |
| 1960 | 93.14 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1961?
97.14 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Nigeria’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Nigeria’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1214.5% in total — about 4.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1,224.25; 2024: 1,084.16; 2023: 2,138.76; 2022: 2,899.16; 2021: 2,787.49. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.