GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Nigeria

GDP per capita growth in Nigeria in 2025 — 1.89%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3.74 pp.

2025 1.89% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 111of 186
Period maximum 22.18%1970
Period minimum -17.52%1967

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Nigeria, 1961–2025-20-10010203019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: -1.85%1963: 6.3%1965: 2.63%1967: -17.52%1969: 21.47%1971: 11.6%1973: 2.8%1975: -7.82%1977: 2.91%1979: 3.52%1981: -15.76%1983: -13.2%1985: 2.95%1987: 0.49%1989: -0.79%1991: -2.26%1993: -4.6%1995: -2.67%1997: 0.29%1999: -2.03%2001: 3.08%2003: 4.43%2005: 3.53%2007: 3.68%2009: 5.07%2011: 2.4%2013: 3.81%2015: 0.08%2017: -1.62%2019: -0.01%2021: -0.99%2023: 1.17%2025: 1.89%
Change over the period: +3.74 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 1.89%
World 1.99%
Western Africa computed 3.08%
GDP per capita growth — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.89 −0.04 pp
2024 1.93 +0.76 pp
2023 1.17 −0.99 pp
2022 2.16 +3.15 pp
2021 -0.99 +7.35 pp
2020 -8.34 −8.33 pp
2019 -0.01 +0.4 pp
2018 -0.41 +1.21 pp
2017 -1.62 +2.4 pp
2016 -4.02 −4.1 pp
2015 0.08 −3.46 pp
2014 3.54 −0.28 pp
2013 3.81 +2.44 pp
2012 1.38 −1.02 pp
2011 2.4 −2.63 pp
2010 5.03 −0.04 pp
2009 5.07 +1.23 pp
2008 3.83 +0.16 pp
2007 3.68 +0.51 pp
2006 3.17 −0.36 pp
2005 3.53 −2.73 pp
2004 6.27 +1.84 pp
2003 4.43 −7.78 pp
2002 12.21 +9.13 pp
2001 3.08 +0.83 pp
2000 2.24 +4.28 pp
1999 -2.03 −1.97 pp
1998 -0.06 −0.36 pp
1997 0.29 −1.22 pp
1996 1.51 +4.18 pp
1995 -2.67 +1.7 pp
1994 -4.37 +0.22 pp
1993 -4.6 −6.52 pp
1992 1.92 +4.18 pp
1991 -2.26 −11.05 pp
1990 8.8 +9.58 pp
1989 -0.79 −5.29 pp
1988 4.5 +4.01 pp
1987 0.49 +3.11 pp
1986 -2.62 −5.58 pp
1985 2.95 +6.57 pp
1984 -3.62 +9.59 pp
1983 -13.2 −3.65 pp
1982 -9.55 +6.21 pp
1981 -15.76 −16.76 pp
1980 1 −2.51 pp
1979 3.52 +12.12 pp
1978 -8.61 −11.51 pp
1977 2.91 −3.05 pp
1976 5.96 +13.77 pp
1975 -7.82 −16.1 pp
1974 8.28 +5.49 pp
1973 2.8 +1.88 pp
1972 0.92 −10.68 pp
1971 11.6 −10.58 pp
1970 22.18 +0.71 pp
1969 21.47 +24.83 pp
1968 -3.35 +14.17 pp
1967 -17.52 −11.21 pp
1966 -6.31 −8.95 pp
1965 2.63 −0.09 pp
1964 2.73 −3.57 pp
1963 6.3 +4.36 pp
1962 1.94 +3.79 pp
1961 -1.85

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.