Mozambique vs Nigeria

Mozambique vs Nigeria: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: -0.2% a year in Mozambique and 4% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 4.2 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Mozambique vs Nigeria: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: -0.2% a year in Mozambique and 4% a year in Nigeria, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 4.2 percentage points.
MozambiqueNigeriaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Nigeria has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mozambique.
  • In 2025, Mozambique ranked 137 and Nigeria ranked 52 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Mozambique at 13.1% a year and Nigeria at 4.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearMozambiqueNigeria
2025-0.24
20242.24.1
20235.53.3
20224.44.3
20212.41.1
2020-1.2-6.4
20192.32.2
20183.51.9
20172.60.8
20164.7-1.6
20157.42.7
20147.76.3
20136.65.4
201284.3
20117.14.9
20106.711.3
20095.98.4
20086.97.2
20077.67.3
20069.96.7
20056.37
20048.210.4
20037.29.5
20029.714.6
200112.96.7
20000.85.5
199911.80.5
199810.42.5
199711.82.9
199610.74.1
19952.11.9
19946.40.3
199310.91.6
1992-7.62.2
19916.6-0.6
19901–
19896.5–
19888.2–
198714.7–
1986-2.3–
19851–
1984-6.5–
1983-15.7–
1982-6.9–
19815–
19804.2–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearMozambiqueNigeria
202614.2
202724.3
20282.64.1
20293.14.2
20309.84.2
203113.14.2

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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