Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) was 2,482 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Nigeria, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Nigeria is 2,482 USD, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Nigeria peaked at 2,622 USD in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,407 USD, in 1984.
Nigeria ranks 168th of 228 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices (Gross) in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,574 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,757 USD | +11.6% |
| 1972 | 1,839 USD | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 1,903 USD | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 2,054 USD | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 2,012 USD | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 2,094 USD | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 2,200 USD | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 2,072 USD | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 1,954 USD | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 1,936 USD | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,860 USD | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 1,682 USD | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 1,460 USD | -13.2% |
| 1984 | 1,407 USD | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 1,449 USD | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 1,411 USD | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 1,418 USD | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 1,482 USD | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 1,470 USD | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 1,599 USD | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 1,563 USD | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 1,593 USD | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1,520 USD | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 1,454 USD | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 1,415 USD | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 1,436 USD | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 1,440 USD | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,439 USD | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,410 USD | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 1,442 USD | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,486 USD | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 1,667 USD | +12.2% |
| 2003 | 1,741 USD | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 1,850 USD | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 1,916 USD | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 1,977 USD | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 2,049 USD | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 2,128 USD | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 2,236 USD | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 2,385 USD | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 2,432 USD | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2,467 USD | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 2,530 USD | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 2,620 USD | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 2,622 USD | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,517 USD | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 2,476 USD | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 2,466 USD | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,466 USD | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,370 USD | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 2,406 USD | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,433 USD | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,450 USD | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,482 USD | +1.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 2,482 USD is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,008 USD, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 2,482 USD is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,325 USD, 1.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,946 USD | 1,574 USD | 2,200 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,558 USD | 1,407 USD | 1,936 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,487 USD | 1,410 USD | 1,599 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,849 USD | 1,442 USD | 2,236 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,498 USD | 2,385 USD | 2,622 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,428 USD | 2,370 USD | 2,482 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 165 Vanuatu 2,695 USD compare
- 166 Honduras 2,574 USD compare
- 167 Papua New Guinea 2,524 USD compare
- 169 India 2,409 USD compare
- 170 Côte d'Ivoire 2,389 USD compare
- 170 Cote d'Ivoire 2,389 USD compare
More economy & growth data for Nigeria
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 22.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.32 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0148 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 18.13 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.9704 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0108 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 13.24 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -17.26 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Nigeria?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Nigeria was 2,482 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,622 USD in 2015.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,407 USD in 1984.
- How does Nigeria rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Nigeria ranks 168th out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).