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Nigeria: Foreign direct investment, net

-2.82Bcurrent USD · 2025-73.0% since 2015

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. 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
2025-2,818,890,681.758
2024-1,206,079,249.208
2023-1,616,677,180.721
2022119,729,340.659
2021-1,495,300,005.498
2020-911,945,228.615
2019-2,019,780,965.805
2018-209,678,288.35
2017-2,102,144,197.232
2016-3,117,793,413.788
2015-1,628,965,267.759
2014-3,079,534,131.896
2013-4,335,423,789.247
2012-5,539,784,715.59
2011-8,024,302,188.362
2010-5,114,533,232.942
2009-7,030,645,512.493
2008-7,142,806,620.346
2007-5,168,340,726.316
2006-4,534,735,267.065
2005-4,967,898,853.038
2004-1,874,060,886.976
2003-2,005,353,563.064
2002-1,874,070,753.14
2001-1,190,618,643.592
2000-1,140,167,556.016
1999-1,004,915,630.709
1998-299,566,658.259
1997-469,577,019.807
1996-499,276,809.471
1995-335,842,164.964
1994-1,959,219,858.156
1993-1,345,368,587.001
1992-896,641,282.472
1991-712,373,362.471
1990-587,882,970.628
1989-1,884,249,738.789
1988-378,667,097.694
1987-610,552,091.468
1986-193,214,907.535
1985-485,581,320.932
1984-189,164,784.859
1983-364,434,580.204
1982-430,611,256.454
1981-542,327,289.07
1980738,870,004.371
1979-304,632,042.447
1978-210,933,271.433
1977-440,514,242.456

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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