Australia vs Nigeria

Australia vs Nigeria: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 4% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 2 percentage points, or 2.02 times that in Australia.

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% a year · IMF

Australia vs Nigeria: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 2% a year in Australia and 4% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 2 percentage points, or 2.02 times that in Australia.
AustraliaNigeriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Australia.
  • In 2025, Australia ranked 103 and Nigeria ranked 52 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.2% a year and Nigeria at 4.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearAustraliaNigeria
202524
202414.1
20232.13.3
20224.24.3
20215.41.1
2020-2-6.4
201922.2
20182.81.9
20172.40.8
20162.7-1.6
20152.32.7
20142.66.3
20132.25.4
20123.94.3
20112.84.9
20102.411.3
200928.4
20082.77.2
20074.47.3
20062.66.7
200537
20044.110.4
200339.5
20024.114.6
20012.66.7
20003.15.5
19994.40.5
19984.72.5
19974.72.9
199644.1
199531.9
19944.90.3
19933.91.6
19922.62.2
1991-1-0.6
19901.5–
19894.6–
19884.3–
19874.9–
19862.4–
19855.5–
19846.3–
1983-0.5–
19820.1–
19814.1–
19802.9–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearAustraliaNigeria
20261.94.2
20271.64.3
20281.84.1
202924.2
20302.14.2
20312.24.2

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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