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Nigeria sees highest growth in 10 years — World Bank report

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Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.4% in 2024, the World Bank said in a new report published Monday.

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That’s the highest rate of growth since 2014, excluding the 2021-2022 COVID-19 rebound, the bank said.

The acceleration in Nigeria’s GDP growth was driven mainly by a continued oil and gas sector recovery and strong growth in the tech and finance industries, according to the latest Nigeria Development Update.

World Bank Nigeria (@WBG_Nigeria) May 12, 2025
The World Bank expects the rate of growth of Nigeria’s economy to slightly increase in 2025 to 3.7%.

At the same time, the country’s agriculture sector showed slow growth, the bank warned, because of insecurity in the Middle Belt and high input costs.

The Middle Belt refers to a broad sweep of 14 states across the center of Nigeria.

Hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland have been abandoned there because of ongoing violent clashes, often between farmers and nomadic herdsmen.

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The agricultural output of Nigeria’s Middle Belt is plummeting because of insecurity, making inflation worse<span
The agricultural output of Nigeria’s Middle Belt is plummeting because of insecurity, making inflation worseOLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP

Nigeria suffers through tough reforms
At a presentation of its report in the capital Abuja, the World Bank praised government reforms in Africa’s largest economy.

President Bola Tinubu implemented a broad swath of economic reforms after winning the 2023 elections.

These include ending costly petrol subsidies, slashing electricity allowances and twice devaluing the naira currency.

A recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Nigeria also praised the reforms and issued a warning about high levels of poverty.

Tinubu recently justified his reforms, stressing that he made what he called “tough decision” so that Nigeria could grow.

“We are gradually seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,” Tinubu said on Friday.

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has justified his tough reformsSarah Meyssonnier/Pool Photo via AP/picture alliance
Inflation to remain high
But the reforms have come at a cost for many ordinary Nigerians, who are facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in a nearly 30 years, according to Human Rights Watch.

Successive years of rising inflation and surges in food prices have seen poverty soar in the West African nation — although some key staples have become cheaper in the past few months.

Nearly half of all Nigerians lived in poverty in 2024, the World Bank update found, making Nigeria home to the world’s second-largest poor population after India.

The 2024 Global Hunger Index ranks Nigeria 110th out of 127 countries. Nearly a third of its children are stunted because of chronic undernutrition.

While inflation is expected to fall over the course of this year, it is still forecast to remain high at an average of 22.1%, the World Bank said.

“Labor incomes have not kept up with inflation, depleting the purchasing power of Nigerians. Poverty has deepened and broadened, especially among urban Nigerians,” it said.

There is a need for the economy to generate more and better jobs at scale and reduce poverty, the bank noted, especially if it wants to reach its goal of achieving a $1 trillion (€900 billion) economy by 2030.

Nigeria has seen some relief from soaring food prices, but many are still undernourished<span class=”copyright”>Emmanuel Osodi/Anadolu/picture alliance</span>
Nigeria has seen some relief from soaring food prices, but many are still undernourished Emmanuel

Kate Hairsine (with Reuters, AFP)
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