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Nigeria Current Account Value and percent from GDP

Nigeria Current Account Data

Indicator Data Period
Current Account to GDP -0.3 % 2022
Current Account 2490 USD Million | 2.49 B USD 1Q/23


Latest data on Current Account to GDP (%)

Current Account to GDP
                     Nigeria - Historical Data (%)

What is ratio of Nigeria Current Account to GDP?

  • The deficit of Current Account to GDP in Nigeria increased to 0.3 % in 2022. The maximum surplus was 32.8 % and deficit was -18.7 %
  • Data published Yearly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (%) by years

Data
Period
Date
-0.3 2022 13.04.2023
-0.5 2021 28.06.2022
-4.2 2020 25.05.2021
-3.6 2019 16.07.2020
2.3 2018 29.10.2019
2 2017 19.06.2018
-1.8 2016 11.08.2017


Historical Chart by presidents (%)

Current Account to GDP in Nigeria by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Muhammadu Buhari 29.05.2015 - -1.8000 -1.8000 -1.8000 -1.8000 0.00%


Latest data on Current Account (USD Million)

Current Account
                     Nigeria - Historical Data (USD Million)

What is Nigeria Current Account Deficit?

  • The surplus of Current Account in Nigeria increased to 2490 USD Million (2.49 B USD) in the first quarter of 2023. The maximum value was 10384 USD Million and minimum was -6676 USD Million.
  • Data published Quarterly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (USD Million) by years

Data
Period
Date
2490 1Q/23 25.09.2023
2348 4Q/22 07.09.2023
-603 3Q/22 16.01.2023
5069 2Q/22 28.09.2022
2577 1Q/22 30.07.2022
3680 3Q/21 12.03.2022
-424 2Q/21 18.01.2022
-1751 1Q/21 14.07.2021


Historical Chart by presidents (USD Million)

Current Account in Nigeria by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Muhammadu Buhari 29.05.2015 - 2911.1700 3656.0000 3656.1500 1414.2100 25.59%

Other trade indicators in Nigeria

Index Updated Actual Previous
Balance of Trade Jun/23 2.28 B USD -0.856
Capital Flows 4Q/22 0.853 B USD 2.692
Exports Jun/23 3.964 B USD 2.46
Foreign Exchange Reserves Sep/23 33.25 B USD 33.95
Imports Jun/23 1.684 B USD 3.316
Terms of Trade  Jun/23 101 in. pt. 101

Current Account to GDP in other countries

Country Updated Actual Previous
Egypt 2022 -3.7 % -4.6
Kenya 2022 -5.1 % -5.4
Madagascar 2021 -5.8 % -5.2
Zimbabwe 20 1 % 2.9
Tanzania 2022 -7.1 % -3.4
Togo 2022 -3.7 % -0.9
Tunisia 2022 -8.6 % -6
Nigeria 2022 -0.3 % -0.5
Sudan 2022 -3.4 % -10
Morocco 2022 -3.5 % -2.3
Senegal 2022 -17.5 % -10.4
Seychelles 2022 -8 % -12
South Africa 2022 -0.5 % 3.7
Uganda 2022 -8.6 % -9.5
Rwanda 2022 -11.6 % -10.9
Liberia 2022 -15.8 % -17
Zambia 2022 3.9 % 11.9
Mozambique 2022 -39.1 % -23.6
Namibia 2022 -12.3 % -9.9
Ghana 2022 -2.1 % -3.2
Swaziland 2021 6 % 1.2
Libya 2022 23.3 % 13.3
Algeria 2022 9.5 % -2.8
Angola 2022 11.4 % 11.2
Benin 2022 -5.7 % -4.5
Botswana 2022 2.2 % -0.5
Burkina Faso 2022 -5.2 % 5.2
Burundi 2022 -13.4 % -11
Central African Republic 2022 -13.8 % -10.8
Chad 2022 0.5 % -3.9
Comoros 2022 -0.5 % -0.3
Republic of the Congo 2022 19.2 % 11.9
Djibouti 2022 -5 % -0.7
Equatorial Guinea 2022 3.9 % -4
Eritrea 2022 12.2 % 13.5
Ethiopia 2022 -4.3 % -3.2
Gabon 2022 1.2 % -5.3
Gambia 2021 -5.3 % -5.1
Guatemala 2022 1.8 % 2.5
Guinea 2021 28.83 % 18.94
Guinea Bissau 2021 -1.1 % -3.7
Lesotho 2021 -3.8 % -1.8
Malawi 2022 -2.8 % -14.4
Mali 2022 -7.2 % -7.7
Mauritania 2022 -14.3 % -7.8
Niger 2022 -15.1 % -13.9
Sao Tome and Principe 2015 -24.7 % -31.7
Sierra Leone 2022 -10.3 % -13.9