Nigeria - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Nigeria was -7.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.05 in 2000, while its lowest value was -7.74 in 2020.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 -7.68
1961 -7.11
1962 -5.29
1963 -4.76
1964 -6.21
1965 -5.12
1966 -4.21
1967 -6.33
1968 -5.81
1969 -4.04
1970 -2.81
1971 -2.80
1972 -0.83
1973 0.57
1974 10.61
1975 -4.49
1976 -5.71
1977 2.35
1978 -4.21
1979 5.75
1980 10.18
1981 -0.99
1982 -0.39
1983 1.02
1984 3.32
1985 3.80
1986 1.36
1987 6.20
1988 5.40
1989 16.32
1990 11.02
1991 11.47
1992 9.72
1993 6.41
1994 4.04
1995 8.78
1996 5.79
1997 5.84
1998 -2.99
1999 8.21
2000 23.05
2001 6.82
2002 6.44
2003 4.17
2004 8.61
2005 9.01
2006 16.47
2007 3.14
2008 10.54
2009 1.20
2010 8.00
2011 9.96
2012 18.56
2013 5.05
2014 5.99
2015 0.00
2016 -2.29
2017 0.00
2018 -2.01
2019 -5.58
2020 -7.74

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts