Current account balance in Nigeria
The current account balance of Nigeria was 4.8% of GDP in 2025.
Nigeria, 2025
4.8%
Change from 2024
−2.7percentage points
Current account balance in Nigeria over time
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Nigeria
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8% |
| 2024 | 7.5% |
| 2023 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.2% |
| 2021 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | -2.7% |
| 2019 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 3.6% |
| 2016 | 1.3% |
| 2015 | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2% |
| 2013 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 4.7% |
| 2008 | 8.6% |
| 2007 | 9.9% |
| 2006 | 15.3% |
| 2005 | 20.8% |
| 2004 | 12.4% |
| 2003 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 1.1% |
| 2001 | 3.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 7.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -3.1%, the figure has changed by +8.0 percentage points.