Exchange rate to the US dollar in Nigeria

On average in 2025, one US dollar was worth 1,518.381 units of Nigeria's currency. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) Unit: Local currency units per US dollar, annual average Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Nigeria, 2025 1,518.381 Local currency units per US dollar, annual average
Change from 2024 +2.7% 2024: 1,478.965 per US$
Position in 2025 13th of 194 See the full ranking

Exchange rate to the US dollar in Nigeria over time

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Local currency units per US dollar, annual average. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) (local currency units per US dollar, annual average), 2001 to 2025
Period Nigeria
2025 1,518.381 per US$
2024 1,478.965 per US$
2023 645.194 per US$
2022 425.979 per US$
2021 401.152 per US$
2020 358.811 per US$
2019 306.921 per US$
2018 306.084 per US$
2017 305.790 per US$
2016 253.492 per US$
2015 192.440 per US$
2014 158.553 per US$
2013 157.312 per US$
2012 157.500 per US$
2011 153.863 per US$
2010 150.298 per US$
2009 148.880 per US$
2008 118.567 per US$
2007 125.808 per US$
2006 128.652 per US$
2005 131.274 per US$
2004 132.888 per US$
2003 129.222 per US$
2002 120.578 per US$
2001 111.231 per US$

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.7% from 1,478.965 per US$ in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 192.440 per US$, the figure has changed by +689.0%.
  • Among the 194 countries with data for 2025, Nigeria has the 13th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
PA.NUS.FCRF · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Nigeria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics