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The World Bank’s October 2026 regional economic update, announced on October 6, includes a country table for Nigeria. Its indicators are estimates and projections, not newly observed outcomes. This article reports the country row while retaining the source’s labels and units.
The real GDP growth rate for Nigeria is 4.0% in 2025, an estimated 4.3% in 2026 and a forecast 4.4% in 2027. These are total real GDP rates, not per-capita growth. The report labels 2026 “e” for estimate and 2027 “f” for forecast.
Nigeria inflation is shown at 23.0% in 2025 and 15.7% in 2026 and 14.5% in 2027. The appendix identifies annual consumer-price inflation but does not say whether the rate is an annual average or year-end measure. It should not be read as a monthly CPI observation or compared on an assumed identical basis.
For 2026, Nigeria’s 4.3% total real GDP growth estimate and 15.7% inflation estimate are two national annual indicators. They do not show sector contributions, monthly price movements, or which input costs drove inflation; the appendix does not specify whether CPI inflation is an annual average or a year-end rate.