Sub-Saharan Africa · NGA

Nigeria market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

GDP per capita

$1,224
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

4.01%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

23.01%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

237,527,782
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

41.21%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

3.06%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

Not available
No data% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$1,224 per person

Nigeria's GDP per capita was $1,224 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it decreased by 56.2% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

4.01% real growth

Real GDP growth was 4.01% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 23.01% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 3.06% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

41.21% online

Internet use reached 41.21% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 0.08 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

237,527,782 residents

The population grew at 2.06% in 2025. Life expectancy was 54.64 years, while exports plus imports equaled Not available of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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