Nigeria: Net errors and omissions

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 Nigeria

Balance of payments, net errors and omissions

 Latest value -18,016.02
 Year 2023
 Measure million USD
 Data availability 1977 - 2023
 Average -3,994.71
 Min - Max -26,734.81 - 20,773.24
 Source The World Bank
The latest value from 2023 is -18016.02 million USD, a decline from -7513.48 million USD in 2022. In comparison, the world average is -1826.71 million USD, based on data from 111 countries. Historically, the average for Nigeria from 1977 to 2023 is -3994.71 million USD. The minimum value, -26734.81 million USD, was reached in 2013 while the maximum of 20773.24 million USD was recorded in 2015. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Nigeria - Net errors and omissions - historical chart - 1977-2023




Definition: Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Terms of trade 127.38 2021 percent
 Trade openness 26.17 1960 percent
 Financial openness -0.666 2021 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 9.24 1960 percent
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 Imports, percent of GDP 16.92 1960 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 0.71 1960 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 0.52 2023 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars -0.19 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 1,588.28 2023 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 0.90 2023 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.81 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -7.68 1960 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -5.16 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 35.56 2022 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 5.65 2023 percent
 Remittances 20,500.00 2023 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -18,016.02 2023 million USD
 External debt 21.39 2022 percent
 Short-term external debt 22.25 2022 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 61.52 2022 percent
 Foreign exchange reserves 39.29 9/2024 billion
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