# GDP per capita growth in Nigeria

GDP per capita growth in Nigeria was 1.89% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `gdp_per_capita_growth`
- Place id: `ng`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annual percentage change in real GDP per person, from GDP at constant 2015 US dollars divided by mid-year population. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Below gdp_growth when the population grows, above it when the population shrinks. Wars and oil shocks move it by tens of points in a year.
- Source: World Bank, GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. GDP per capita growth (annual %) (NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=gdp_per_capita_growth&place=ng

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1.89 |
| 2024 | 1.93 |
| 2023 | 1.17 |
| 2022 | 2.16 |
| 2021 | -0.99 |
| 2020 | -8.34 |
| 2019 | -0.01 |
| 2018 | -0.41 |
| 2017 | -1.62 |
| 2016 | -4.02 |
| 2015 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 3.54 |
| 2013 | 3.81 |
| 2012 | 1.38 |
| 2011 | 2.4 |
| 2010 | 5.03 |
| 2009 | 5.07 |
| 2008 | 3.83 |
| 2007 | 3.68 |
| 2006 | 3.17 |
| 2005 | 3.53 |
| 2004 | 6.27 |
| 2003 | 4.43 |
| 2002 | 12.21 |
| 2001 | 3.08 |
| 2000 | 2.24 |
| 1999 | -2.03 |
| 1998 | -0.06 |
| 1997 | 0.29 |
| 1996 | 1.51 |
| 1995 | -2.67 |
| 1994 | -4.37 |
| 1993 | -4.6 |
| 1992 | 1.92 |
| 1991 | -2.26 |
| 1990 | 8.8 |
| 1989 | -0.79 |
| 1988 | 4.5 |
| 1987 | 0.49 |
| 1986 | -2.62 |
| 1985 | 2.95 |
| 1984 | -3.62 |
| 1983 | -13.2 |
| 1982 | -9.55 |
| 1981 | -15.76 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1979 | 3.52 |
| 1978 | -8.61 |
| 1977 | 2.91 |
| 1976 | 5.96 |
| 1975 | -7.82 |
| 1974 | 8.28 |
| 1973 | 2.8 |
| 1972 | 0.92 |
| 1971 | 11.6 |
| 1970 | 22.18 |
| 1969 | 21.47 |
| 1968 | -3.35 |
| 1967 | -17.52 |
| 1966 | -6.31 |
| 1965 | 2.63 |
| 1964 | 2.73 |
| 1963 | 6.3 |
| 1962 | 1.94 |
| 1961 | -1.85 |