Personal remittances received in Nigeria

Personal remittances received by Nigeria were equal to 7.8% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1977 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Nigeria, 2025 7.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.9percentage points 2024: 8.8%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received in Nigeria over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period NigeriaWorld
2025 7.8% 0.8%
2024 8.8% 0.8%
2023 4.0% 0.8%
2022 3.1% 0.8%
2021 3.2% 0.7%
2020 2.9% 0.8%
2019 3.6% 0.7%
2018 5.8% 0.7%
2017 5.9% 0.7%
2016 4.9% 0.7%
2015 4.2% 0.7%
2014 3.7% 0.7%
2013 4.0% 0.7%
2012 4.4% 0.7%
2011 5.0% 0.6%
2010 5.4% 0.6%
2009 6.2% 0.7%
2008 5.7% 0.6%
2007 6.5% 0.6%
2006 7.1% 0.6%
2005 8.3% 0.5%
2004 1.7% 0.5%
2003 1.0% 0.5%
2002 1.3% 0.5%
2001 1.6% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 8.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.2%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1977 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: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data