Nigeria Imports

Current and historical imports data for Nigeria, including latest value (16.92), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Nigeria
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Nigeria · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
58 / 100
Moderate risk · limited data
Fiscal stability n/a
Macroeconomic stability 12 / 20
External stability 10.3 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.2 / 10
Demographic capacity 5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 65% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–1960 19601960
1960 1960
Selected year: 1960 · Value: n/a 1960

Nigeria · imports of goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

1960–1960
16.92 percent of GDP
n/a percent of GDP
16.92 percent of GDP
70 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960
imports rate reference line

Countries by imports

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 177.72 high
Luxembourg 159.73 high
Singapore 143.6 high
Ireland 102.19 high
United Arab Emirates 92.2 high
Slovakia 85.73 medium
Vietnam 83.71 medium
Belgium 79.66 medium

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
South Africa 29.85
Egypt 23.22
Morocco 50.19
China 17.18

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+02:00

Nigeria Snapshot

country profile
Population 232.68 m
GDP 252.26 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 33.24%
Unemployment 3.06%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Lower middle income

Nigeria Imports: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Imports for Nigeria. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: nigeria imports rate, imports data nigeria, nigeria imports statistics, nigeria percent of gdp.