Remittances paid — all countries

Remittances paid — Nigeria

Remittances paid in Nigeria in 2025 — 113,163,487 US$. Ranked 78 in the world out of 95. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 43%.

2025 113M US$ +22.6% vs 2024
World rank 78of 95
Period maximum 1.04B US$2015
Period minimum 547,300 US$1996

Trend over time

1977–2025 · US$

Remittances paid — Nigeria, 1977–20250500M1B1.5B197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: 198,541,626 US$1978: 253,434,753 US$1979: 355,955,933 US$1980: 523,061,462 US$1981: 484,047,333 US$1982: 427,641,510 US$1983: 408,608,460 US$1984: 332,669,098 US$1985: 297,614,349 US$1986: 149,898,285 US$1987: 21,663,145 US$1988: 37,029,144 US$1989: 28,785,830 US$1990: 8,853,592 US$1991: 53,510,677 US$1992: 34,802,543 US$1993: 2,310,584 US$1994: 3,500,636 US$1995: 1,463,817 US$1996: 547,300 US$1997: 1,164,845 US$1998: 1,328,093 US$1999: 9,400,237 US$2000: 1,052,142 US$2001: 593,358 US$2002: 903,978 US$2003: 11,562,241 US$2004: 20,855,604 US$2005: 68,030,270 US$2006: 101,560,830 US$2007: 54,006,296 US$2008: 58,148,761 US$2009: 47,035,791 US$2010: 47,474,693 US$2011: 75,506,158 US$2012: 38,702,387 US$2013: 50,482,639 US$2014: 54,615,716 US$2015: 1,035,451,150 US$2016: 744,771,120 US$2017: 275,345,845 US$2018: 67,676,280 US$2019: 90,600,081 US$2020: 92,101,665 US$2021: 82,545,294 US$2022: 82,424,279 US$2023: 84,096,847 US$2024: 92,301,298 US$2025: 113,163,487 US$
Change over the period: −85.38M (−43%) Average annual rate: -1.16 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Nigeria 113M US$
World 526B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.48B US$
Remittances paid — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 113M +20.86M +22.6%
2024 92.3M +8.2M +9.76%
2023 84.1M +1.67M +2.03%
2022 82.42M −121,015 −0.15%
2021 82.55M −9.56M −10.38%
2020 92.1M +1.5M +1.66%
2019 90.6M +22.92M +33.87%
2018 67.68M −208M −75.42%
2017 275M −469M −63.03%
2016 745M −291M −28.07%
2015 1.04B +981M +1,795.88%
2014 54.62M +4.13M +8.19%
2013 50.48M +11.78M +30.44%
2012 38.7M −36.8M −48.74%
2011 75.51M +28.03M +59.05%
2010 47.47M +438,902 +0.93%
2009 47.04M −11.11M −19.11%
2008 58.15M +4.14M +7.67%
2007 54.01M −47.55M −46.82%
2006 102M +33.53M +49.29%
2005 68.03M +47.17M +226.2%
2004 20.86M +9.29M +80.38%
2003 11.56M +10.66M +1,179.04%
2002 903,978 +310,620 +52.35%
2001 593,358 −458,783 −43.6%
2000 1.05M −8.35M −88.81%
1999 9.4M +8.07M +607.8%
1998 1.33M +163,248 +14.01%
1997 1.16M +617,545 +112.83%
1996 547,300 −916,517 −62.61%
1995 1.46M −2.04M −58.18%
1994 3.5M +1.19M +51.5%
1993 2.31M −32.49M −93.36%
1992 34.8M −18.71M −34.96%
1991 53.51M +44.66M +504.4%
1990 8.85M −19.93M −69.24%
1989 28.79M −8.24M −22.26%
1988 37.03M +15.37M +70.93%
1987 21.66M −128M −85.55%
1986 150M −148M −49.63%
1985 298M −35.05M −10.54%
1984 333M −75.94M −18.58%
1983 409M −19.03M −4.45%
1982 428M −56.41M −11.65%
1981 484M −39.01M −7.46%
1980 523M +167M +46.95%
1979 356M +103M +40.45%
1978 253M +54.89M +27.65%
1977 199M

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About the indicator

Personal remittances sent from a country abroad. This is the mirror side of remittances received, and together the two divide the world into countries that take in labor migrants and countries that send them. The largest senders are the United States and the Gulf states, and for the latter the flow is enormous relative to the size of the economy: incomers make up the majority of those working there.

Important: Remittances sent and received should match at the world level, but they do not: some countries do not record the flow, and part of the transfers goes outside the statistics.

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