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Nigeria — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Nigeria, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1,224
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +1214.5% since 1960
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1,224
First (1960)
93
Change
+1214.5%
Highest
3,190
in 2019
Lowest
93
in 1960
Average
1,137
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.04%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,224.25 |
| 2024 | 1,084.16 |
| 2023 | 2,138.76 |
| 2022 | 2,899.16 |
| 2021 | 2,787.49 |
| 2020 | 2,797.18 |
| 2019 | 3,189.81 |
| 2018 | 2,057.88 |
| 2017 | 1,876.34 |
| 2016 | 2,070.41 |
| 2015 | 2,585.73 |
| 2014 | 3,088.72 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.