Key economic metrics tracked across the 2010–2015 term — gdp growth rate, inflation rate, unemployment rate, naira / usd (official), petrol pump price, total public debt, external reserves. Context for every other tab on this site.
Earliest (2011)
4.9%
Latest (Q1 '15)
3.96%
Change since 2011
-19.2%
Figures are full-year real GDP growth rates, except the final point which is a single quarter (Q1 2015).
Full-year real GDP growth as reported by the NBS. Growth remained solidly positive through most of the term, aided by the 2014 GDP rebasing that captured previously undercounted sectors, before slowing in the final months amid the oil price crash and election-related uncertainty.
Source: NBS — GDP Report
Checked, not published: Poverty Headcount Rate (checked 2026-09)