Mexico vs Nigeria

Mexico vs Nigeria: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 0.5% a year in Mexico and 4% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 3.5 percentage points, or 8.07 times that in Mexico.

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% a year · IMF

Mexico vs Nigeria: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 0.5% a year in Mexico and 4% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 3.5 percentage points, or 8.07 times that in Mexico.
MexicoNigeriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Mexico.
  • In 2025, Mexico ranked 132 and Nigeria ranked 52 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mexico at 2.1% a year and Nigeria at 4.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMexicoNigeria
20250.54
20241.54.1
20233.13.3
20223.74.3
202161.1
2020-8.4-6.4
2019-0.42.2
201821.9
20171.90.8
20161.8-1.6
20152.72.7
20142.56.3
20130.95.4
20123.64.3
20113.44.9
2010511.3
2009-6.38.4
20080.97.2
20072.17.3
20064.86.7
20052.17
20043.610.4
20031.29.5
2002-0.214.6
2001-0.56.7
200055.5
19992.80.5
19986.22.5
19977.22.9
19966.24.1
1995-5.91.9
19944.40.3
19932.91.6
19923.62.2
19914-0.6
19905.3–
19893.6–
19881.2–
19872.1–
1986-3.9–
19851.9–
19843.5–
1983-4.6–
1982-0.1–
19819.6–
19809.5–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMexicoNigeria
20261.54.2
20271.84.3
20282.24.1
20292.14.2
20302.14.2
20312.14.2

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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