Nigeria’s Economy Grew 3.4% in 2021 — Strongest Since 2014

by Alabi Saheed Abiodun
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has dosclosed Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 3.4 percent in 2021.

The figure is the first annual growth above 3 percent since President Muhammadu Buhari emerged president in 2015.

In 2014, the economy grew 6.3 percent.

NBS made this known in its fourth-quarter GDP report released on Thursday.

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According to the report: “Nigeria Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.98%(year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2021, showing a sustained positive growth for the fifth quarter since the recession witnessed in 2020 when output contracted by -6.10% and -3.62% in Q2 and Q3 of 2020 under the Covid pandemic,”

“The fourth quarter growth indicates a steady economic recovery accounting for annual growth of 3.40% in 2021.

The Q4 2021 growth rate was higher than the 0.11% growth rate recorded in Q4 2020 by 3.87% points and lower than 4.03% recorded in Q3 2021 by 0.05% points. Nevertheless, quarter on quarter, real GDP grew at 9.63% in Q4 2021 compared to Q3 2021, reflecting a higher economic activity than the preceding quarter.”

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The report also revealed that in Q4, aggregate GDP stood at N49.27 million in nominal terms.

It added: “This performance is higher when compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 which recorded aggregate GDP of N43,564,006.29 million, indicating a year-on-year nominal growth rate of 13.11%. The nominal GDP growth rate in Q4 2021 was higher relative to 10.07% growth recorded in the fourth quarter of 2020 but lower compared to 15.41% growth recorded in the preceding quarter,”

“The 2021 annual nominal growth stood at 13.92%. For better clarity, the Nigerian economy has been classified broadly into the oil and non-oil sectors.”

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