2025: Anxieties Heighten As IMF Unveils How Nigeria’s GDP Per Capita Shrunk To $835

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  • Projected 25% Drop In Inflation In 2025.

By Kolawole Ojebisi

The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has revealed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product per capita declined to $835.49 in 2025 from $877.07 in 2024.

This reduction indicates a 4.74% dip in the value between the previous and the current years.

The data from the Bretton Woods financial institution’s website released on Thursday showed that there’s been a sustained downtrend since 2014.

Nigeria’s GDP per capita had stood at a high of $3,220 in 2014.

Gross Domestic Product is the most commonly used measure or yardstick of a country’s overall economic activity.

It represents the total value at current prices of final goods and services produced within a country during a specified time divided by the average population for the same year.

GDP per capita also measures the average standard of living of a country’s citizens.

Despite this gloomy revelation, the IMF, however, projects a rise in 2026 and 2027.

The financial institution stressed that the GDP per capita is expected to cross the $1,000 mark in 2028 at $1,040.

The data also revealed that Nigeria and the majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are within the $500 to $2,500 GDP per capita band, with some below $500.

This decline comes amid a rebasing of the GDP by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), which will escalate new sectors of the economy into consideration.

The new additions to the rebased GDP as announced by the National Bureau of Statistics were digital economy activities, pension funds, the National Health Insurance Scheme, the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, the activities of modular refineries, domestic households as employers of labour, quarrying and other mining activities, and illegal and hidden activities.

Meanwhile, the IMF had projected that for Nigeria, 2025 real GDP growth would be 3.2 per cent while inflation was estimated to drop to 25 per cent in the same year.

The projected GDP growth is lower than the 5.5 per cent estimated by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group(NESG), which recently launched its 2025 Macroeconomic Outlook Report under the theme ‘Stabilisation in Transition: Rethinking Reform Strategies for 2025 and Beyond.’

NESG Chief Economist and Director of Research, Olusegun Omisakin, during his presentation, said, “A GDP growth rate of 5.5 per cent is achievable if Nigeria continues with stability-focused reforms. However, inefficient policy implementation and economic constraints could limit growth to 3.4 per cent, and a reversal of reforms could see it drop to 2.7 per cent.

The quality of policy execution in 2025 will determine whether Nigeria reaches its stabilisation goals or falls short.”

At the same event, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, projected that the economy will grow by 4.1 per cent in 2025, as well as a record decline in inflation, with continued increases in foreign exchange inflow into the country.

Cardoso said, “Estimates of key economic indicators suggest a positive outlook for 2025 in particular; GDP growth is projected to rise to 4.17 per cent in 2025 from 3.36 per cent in 2024.

“This growth is anchored on sustained implementation of government reforms, stable crude oil prices, and improvements in domestic oil production. Increased refining capacity, driven by the Dangote refinery and the revitalisation of the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries, should significantly enhance economic activity. A stable exchange rate will also play a crucial role in maintaining this positive trajectory. Domestic inflation is projected to decline in 2025 as the impact of economic reforms begins to take hold. Achieving our overall objectives requires effective collaboration between monetary and fiscal authorities alongside private sector participation.”

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