Key economic metrics tracked across the 1999–2007 term — gdp growth rate, inflation rate, unemployment rate, naira / usd (official), petrol pump price, total public debt, external reserves, poverty headcount rate. Context for every other tab on this site.
Earliest (1999)
1.1%
Latest (Q1 '07)
6.4%
Change since 1999
+481.8%
⚠︎ Uses the pre-2014-rebase GDP methodology; not directly comparable to figures from later administrations shown elsewhere on this site.
Full-year real GDP growth as reported by the NBS, using the pre-2014-rebase methodology in effect at the time. Growth accelerated substantially through the term, aided by the NEEDS reform agenda and strong oil prices in the later years.
Source: NBS — GDP Report