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Nigeria: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

4.01Bcurrent USD · 2025+30.7% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. 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 ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20254,005,360,386.617
20241,614,032,956.929
20231,872,520,530.047
2022-186,792,428.931
20213,313,210,000
20202,385,277,665.916
20192,305,099,811.704
2018775,247,400.003
20172,412,974,916.233
20163,453,258,407.985
20153,064,168,904.453
20144,693,828,631.896
20135,562,857,987.47
20127,069,908,427.937
20118,841,062,050.773
20106,026,253,091.347
20098,555,990,006.717
20088,194,071,895.462
20076,036,021,404.821
20064,854,353,979.091
20054,982,533,930.217
20041,874,060,886.976
20032,005,353,563.064
20021,874,070,753.14
20011,190,618,643.592
20001,140,167,556.016
19991,004,915,630.709
1998299,566,658.259
1997469,577,019.807
1996499,276,809.471
1995335,842,164.964
19941,959,219,858.156
19931,345,368,587.001
1992896,641,282.472
1991712,373,362.471
1990587,882,970.628
19891,884,249,738.789
1988378,667,097.694
1987610,552,091.468
1986193,214,907.535
1985485,581,320.932
1984189,164,784.859
1983364,434,580.204
1982430,611,256.454
1981542,327,289.07
1980-738,870,004.371
1979309,598,869.226
1978210,933,271.433
1977440,514,242.456
1976339,000,000
1975470,120,000
1974257,000,000
1973373,000,000
1972305,000,000
1971286,000,000
1970205,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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