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Nigeria: Primary income payments

14.98Bcurrent USD · 2025+9.8% since 2015

Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments).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
202514,977,149,372.747
20249,530,274,119.573
202312,981,880,180.508
202214,541,444,534.578
202110,483,241,775.155
20206,468,854,559.744
201911,480,185,914.954
201813,302,734,441.674
20179,831,687,569.892
20167,506,276,971.154
201513,638,522,240.885
201420,795,111,098.299
201326,401,399,678.04
201223,041,911,736.776
201123,679,612,562.665
201020,437,790,389.253
200915,340,770,476.276
200817,405,497,198.629
200714,313,849,431.936
20066,476,710,730.526
20053,146,068,005.17
20042,689,277,908.976
20033,324,516,231.132
20022,853,717,495.409
20012,996,639,883.126
20003,365,466,810.011
19992,817,655,983.825
1998747,594,116.964
19971,038,297,641.401
1996982,973,508.791
1995927,043,072.759
19942,986,270,230.951
19933,335,475,597.093
19922,494,089,517.375
19912,631,178,611.969
19902,949,191,251.544
19892,544,422,847.529
19882,405,131,181.626
19872,925,769,606.344
1986799,077,582.194
19851,544,014,338.448
19841,238,050,902.285
1983982,869,019.338
19821,415,077,680.692
19811,374,435,428.122
19801,991,657,016.733
1979711,911,838.328
1978517,888,405.234
1977887,232,910.863

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary income payments. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-income-payments (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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