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Nigeria: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2024 · 75 observations · imports_GDP

2024
22.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+9.5 pointsfrom 13.4%
Average, 2015–2024
12.9%10 years
Record high and low
22.9% (2024)low 3.03% (1984)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202422.9
202313.4
202211.9
202111.1
202012.1
201915.1
201813.7
201710.6
20169.50
20159.14

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Nigeria documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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