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Nigeria: Net errors and omissions

-15.73Bcurrent USD · 2025-175.7% since 2015

Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. 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
2025-15,726,344,795.894
2024-9,378,353,467.345
2023-24,898,571,477.355
2022-7,513,481,266.88
2021-3,095,813,146.453
202016,961,330,919.398
2019-7,750,137,909.957
2018-7,183,702,241.504
2017-18,819,188,732.728
2016-15,355,378,310.3
201520,773,244,148.422
2014-13,192,769,294.385
2013-26,734,805,125.6
2012-4,998,421,610.235
2011-5,264,809,973.435
2010-15,144,320,037.298
2009-26,380,225,476.872
2008-20,776,244,179.215
2007-14,401,689,658.98
2006-17,150,967,081.655
2005-17,344,525,180.094
20044,711,164,756.945
20035,633,567,567.839
2002837,436,077.941
2001779,100,747.317
20001,848,718,386.585
1999-53,877,002.018
1998-42,455,953.038
1997-34,035,576.343
1996-18,893,070.516
1995-32,209,731.767
1994-139,025,277.323
1993-87,860,938.563
1992-121,897,632.399
1991-91,401,247.809
1990234,326,740.5
1989127,037,836.392
1988682,482,422.176
1987-305,774,049.071
1986-180,675,886.987
1985-129,786,712.507
1984253,089,436.294
1983139,423,835.608
198213,363,797.614
1981-42,091,073.182
1980-724,238,915.176
1979180,461,372.971
1978240,841,720.367
1977-40,328,768.676

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World Bank (2026). Net errors and omissions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-net-errors-and-omissions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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