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Current account to GDP in Nigeria

Latest: 4.8%
Previous: 7.5%
Change: -2.72 (-36.0%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Current account to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Current account to GDP in Nigeria
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	-2.8%
Dec 31, 1978	-10.3%
Dec 31, 1979	3.5%
Dec 31, 1980	8.1%
Dec 31, 1981	-3.9%
Dec 31, 1982	-5.1%
Dec 31, 1983	-4.5%
Dec 31, 1984	0.2%
Dec 31, 1985	3.5%
Dec 31, 1986	0.4%
Dec 31, 1987	-0.1%
Dec 31, 1988	-0.6%
Dec 31, 1989	2.5%
Dec 31, 1990	9.2%
Dec 31, 1991	2.0%
Dec 31, 1992	4.4%
Dec 31, 1993	-1.4%
Dec 31, 1994	-2.6%
Dec 31, 1995	-0.6%
Dec 31, 1996	0.6%
Dec 31, 1997	0.1%
Dec 31, 1998	-0.6%
Dec 31, 1999	0.9%
Dec 31, 2000	10.7%
Dec 31, 2001	3.4%
Dec 31, 2002	1.1%
Dec 31, 2003	3.2%
Dec 31, 2004	12.4%
Dec 31, 2005	20.8%
Dec 31, 2006	15.3%
Dec 31, 2007	9.9%
Dec 31, 2008	8.6%
Dec 31, 2009	4.7%
Dec 31, 2010	3.6%
Dec 31, 2011	2.6%
Dec 31, 2012	3.7%
Dec 31, 2013	3.7%
Dec 31, 2014	0.2%
Dec 31, 2015	-3.1%
Dec 31, 2016	1.3%
Dec 31, 2017	3.6%
Dec 31, 2018	1.7%
Dec 31, 2019	-2.0%
Dec 31, 2020	-2.7%
Dec 31, 2021	-0.5%
Dec 31, 2022	0.2%
Dec 31, 2023	1.3%
Dec 31, 2024	7.5%
Dec 31, 2025	4.8%

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