What is the difference in imf holdings of currency, sdr, per unit of gdp between Iran and Nigeria?

0.0006 units per US$ of GDP, with Iran ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Nigeria?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iran vs Nigeria: IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP

Iran

0.0084 units per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Nigeria

0.0078 units per US$ of GDP

in 2025

Iran rank

84th

Nigeria rank

86th

IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP over time

Iran
Nigeria

How they compare

Iran currently reports 0.0084 units per US$ of GDP against 0.0078 units per US$ of GDP in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 84th and Nigeria ranks 86th of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0146 units per US$ of GDP	0.0075 units per US$ of GDP	0.0071 units per US$ of GDP	Iran
1970s	0.007 units per US$ of GDP	0.0066 units per US$ of GDP	0.0004 units per US$ of GDP	Iran
1980s	0.0046 units per US$ of GDP	0.011 units per US$ of GDP	0.0065 units per US$ of GDP	Nigeria
1990s	0.0103 units per US$ of GDP	0.0151 units per US$ of GDP	0.0048 units per US$ of GDP	Nigeria
2000s	0.0079 units per US$ of GDP	0.0132 units per US$ of GDP	0.0053 units per US$ of GDP	Nigeria
2010s	0.0046 units per US$ of GDP	0.0043 units per US$ of GDP	0.0003 units per US$ of GDP	Iran
2020s	0.0078 units per US$ of GDP	0.0085 units per US$ of GDP	0.0006 units per US$ of GDP	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher imf holdings of currency, sdr, per unit of gdp, Iran or Nigeria?: Iran, at 0.0084 units per US$ of GDP against 0.0078 units per US$ of GDP in Nigeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in imf holdings of currency, sdr, per unit of gdp between Iran and Nigeria?: 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP, with Iran ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Nigeria?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Iran and Nigeria rank globally for imf holdings of currency, sdr, per unit of gdp?: Iran ranks 84th and Nigeria ranks 86th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Iran vs Nigeria: IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 03 October 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/imf-holdings-of-currency-sdr-per-unit-of-gdp/iran-islamic-rep/nigeria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/imf-holdings-of-currency-sdr-per-unit-of-gdp/iran-islamic-rep/nigeria/">Iran vs Nigeria: IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP
Unit: units per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 191 places, 10,803 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 03 October 2026

IMF holdings of currency, SDR divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.