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Services share of GDP — Nigeria

Services share of GDP in Nigeria in 2025 — 58.2%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 158. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 10.7 pp.

2025 58.2% +4.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 71of 158
Period maximum 59.8%2016
Period minimum 35.4%1996

Trend over time

1981–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Nigeria, 1981–20253040506019811986199119962001200620112016202120251981: 47.5%1982: 50.7%1983: 49.9%1984: 50.4%1985: 47.3%1986: 48.2%1987: 45.6%1988: 43%1989: 42.3%1990: 42%1991: 41.2%1992: 41%1993: 42.4%1994: 42.5%1995: 37%1996: 35.4%1997: 36.3%1998: 42.4%1999: 43.6%2000: 43.8%2001: 46.2%2002: 39%2003: 39.1%2004: 43.4%2005: 44.7%2006: 48.5%2007: 50%2008: 49%2009: 51%2010: 50.8%2011: 49.2%2012: 50.2%2013: 52.4%2014: 54.2%2015: 58.1%2016: 59.8%2017: 55.8%2018: 52%2019: 52.9%2020: 52.4%2021: 51.3%2022: 51.2%2023: 51.7%2024: 53.7%2025: 58.2%
Change over the period: +10.7 pp Annual average: 0.24 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nigeria 58.2%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Western Africa computed 50.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.2 +4.5 pp
2024 53.7 +2 pp
2023 51.7 +0.5 pp
2022 51.2 −0.1 pp
2021 51.3 −1.1 pp
2020 52.4 −0.5 pp
2019 52.9 +0.9 pp
2018 52 −3.8 pp
2017 55.8 −4 pp
2016 59.8 +1.7 pp
2015 58.1 +4 pp
2014 54.2 +1.8 pp
2013 52.4 +2.2 pp
2012 50.2 +0.9 pp
2011 49.2 −1.5 pp
2010 50.8 −0.2 pp
2009 51 +2 pp
2008 49 −1 pp
2007 50 +1.5 pp
2006 48.5 +3.8 pp
2005 44.7 +1.3 pp
2004 43.4 +4.2 pp
2003 39.1 +0.2 pp
2002 39 −7.3 pp
2001 46.2 +2.4 pp
2000 43.8 +0.2 pp
1999 43.6 +1.2 pp
1998 42.4 +6 pp
1997 36.3 +1 pp
1996 35.4 −1.6 pp
1995 37 −5.5 pp
1994 42.5 +0.2 pp
1993 42.4 +1.4 pp
1992 41 −0.2 pp
1991 41.2 −0.9 pp
1990 42 −0.3 pp
1989 42.3 −0.7 pp
1988 43 −2.5 pp
1987 45.6 −2.6 pp
1986 48.2 +0.8 pp
1985 47.3 −3 pp
1984 50.4 +0.5 pp
1983 49.9 −0.8 pp
1982 50.7 +3.2 pp
1981 47.5 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.9 TG Togo 61.7 NG Nigeria 58.2 GM Gambia 53.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 51.2 BJ Benin 50.1 SN Senegal 46.3 GH Ghana 42.9 MR Mauritania 42.4 SL Sierra Leone 41.6 BF Burkina Faso 41.5 LR Liberia 40 GW Guinea-Bissau 39.1 ML Mali 36.6 GN Guinea 35.7 NE Niger 31.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

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

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