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Nigeria: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

14.04Bcurrent USD · 2025+190.9% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1977 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202514,039,095,685.711
202419,030,975,715.31
20236,423,222,719.52
20221,018,598,846.081
2021-3,254,163,170.283
2020-15,985,927,540.767
2019-13,685,219,004.199
20187,283,154,462.972
201713,563,765,219.294
20165,077,217,476.108
2015-15,438,642,533.965
2014906,535,877.209
201319,048,981,238.377
201217,374,274,674.83
201110,668,377,374.356
201013,111,276,866.048
200913,869,493,317.996
200829,145,209,282.705
200727,648,255,973.962
200636,517,576,727.867
200536,529,017,085.34
200416,840,536,007.665
20033,390,606,191.576
20021,083,110,754.097
20012,477,762,769.006
20007,427,061,115.991
1999505,750,064.166
1998-1,209,158,482.16
1997168,239,307.795
19961,098,803,754.719
1995-802,326,715.401
1994-2,127,932,351.337
1993-780,390,880.704
19922,267,772,911.32
19911,202,560,682.168
19904,988,245,133.768
19891,089,516,459.18
1988-296,453,577.647
1987-73,206,490.576
1986210,883,527.398
19852,603,566,206.934
1984122,630,963.978
1983-4,331,801,941.969
1982-7,281,784,833.28
1981-6,473,930,832.814
19805,177,576,689.045
19791,670,509,406.68
1978-3,754,297,405.722
1977-1,015,974,749.327

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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