Urban Population / Nigeria
Nigeria Urban Population
Nigeria urban population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 62.98%.
COUNTRY: Nigeria
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:07:34
GM ECONOMY RATING
Nigeria · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
74 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
14.1 / 20
External stability
13.0 / 15
Financial robustness
11.0 / 15
Structural stability
10.0 / 15
Future capacity
n/a
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 67% of weighted inputs available.
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Nigeria · urban population data as percent of GDP.
Latest
62.98%
Previous
62.17%
Range avg.
59.36%
Rank
54
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CountryNigeria
IndicatorUrban Population
62.98%2024 · Rank 54
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Nigeria recorded 62.98% for Urban Population in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.80 percentage points, from 62.17% to 62.98%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (59.36%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 55.73% in 2015 and the high was 62.98% in 2024.
Comparison
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