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Nigeria - Current Account Balance 4.83

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 200 economies tracked

Latest value

4.83 (2025)

Global rank

##25 of 200 economies

Share of global total

-2.5%

Growth since 1977

-1.71×

Ranking Race — Current Account Balance

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#18#35#52#69#86#10319601970198019902000201020202025#51#252022 overtook Argentina2024 overtook Denmark
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Real annual global ranks, 1960 - 2025. Nigeria climbed from #51 to #25 (overtook Argentina). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Nigeria ↓

Key Events — Nigeria

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1970
Oil boom begins curated

Crude revenues transform the economy after civil war.

1978
Fell 35 places in global rank auto
1979
Climbed 68 places in global rank auto
1981
Fell 34 places in global rank auto
1984
Climbed 35 places in global rank auto
1985
Climbed 23 places in global rank auto
1986
Fell 24 places in global rank auto
1989
Climbed 18 places in global rank auto

Current Account Balance, 1977-2025

World Bank WDI · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
197719871997200720172025-10.280.0810.4320.79

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