Travel services in Nigeria
Nigeria: Travel services was 31.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Nigeria, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Nigeria is 31.7%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 20.5% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Nigeria peaked at 43.3% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2005.
That places Nigeria 46th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Travel services in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 12.5% | — |
| 1978 | 10.1% | -19.2% |
| 1979 | 7.9% | -22.4% |
| 1980 | 18.7% | +137.7% |
| 1981 | 23.4% | +25.4% |
| 1982 | 25.5% | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 21.7% | -14.7% |
| 1984 | 15.0% | -30.8% |
| 1985 | 12.7% | -15.2% |
| 1986 | 11.0% | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 6.3% | -42.7% |
| 1988 | 5.2% | -17.9% |
| 1989 | 31.4% | +506.9% |
| 1990 | 30.3% | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 35.1% | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 20.0% | -43.0% |
| 1993 | 11.1% | -44.5% |
| 1994 | 28.8% | +159.1% |
| 1995 | 20.6% | -28.4% |
| 1996 | 28.7% | +39.3% |
| 1997 | 38.7% | +34.7% |
| 1998 | 38.7% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 18.7% | -51.5% |
| 2000 | 18.8% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 18.8% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 31.4% | +67.1% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | -88.0% |
| 2006 | 27.1% | +621.1% |
| 2007 | 35.9% | +32.8% |
| 2008 | 43.3% | +20.5% |
| 2009 | 30.4% | -29.8% |
| 2010 | 28.0% | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 29.4% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 27.4% | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 29.2% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 25.0% | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 30.7% | +22.6% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | -69.0% |
| 2017 | 32.2% | +238.5% |
| 2018 | 31.2% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 35.1% | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 28.3% | -19.4% |
| 2021 | 28.1% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 21.8% | -22.2% |
| 2023 | 24.1% | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 26.3% | +9.1% |
| 2025 | 31.7% | +20.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.2% | 7.9% | 12.5% | 3 |
| 1980s | 17.1% | 5.2% | 31.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.1% | 11.1% | 38.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.4% | 3.8% | 43.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 27.8% | 9.5% | 35.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.7% | 21.8% | 31.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More private sector data for Nigeria
- Merchandise trade 33.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 3.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 55.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 233.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1907 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Nigeria?
- Travel services in Nigeria was 31.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 43.3% in 2008.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2005.
- How does Nigeria rank for travel services?
- Nigeria ranks 46th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.