Nigeria — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1977–2030 · 54 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The current account reading for Nigeria was 4.83% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 7.54% of GDP in 2024; the period change was −2.72 percentage points.

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  • Annual data, 1977–2030
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Latest observations

2020–2030

PeriodValue
20301.29 % of GDP
20291.91 % of GDP
20282.5 % of GDP
20273.04 % of GDP
20263.57 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2020
20254.83 % of GDP
20247.54 % of GDP
20231.32 % of GDP
20220.16 % of GDP
2021-0.53 % of GDP
2020-2.67 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.