Germany vs Nigeria: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Germany buys about what

$16.00

buys in Nigeria, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in Nigeria buys what $625 buys in Germany. Prices across Germany's economy average 625% of Nigeria's, so a dollar goes 6.2 times as far in Nigeria.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureGermanyNigeria
Economy
Population83.5 million237.5 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$5.05 trillion$291 billion
GDP per personUS dollars$60,496$1,224
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$75,407$9,532
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%80%13%
A US dollar goes as far as$1.25 in the US$7.79 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$64.18 a day2022 survey · $23,426 a year · income$3.39 a day2022 survey · $1,237 a year · consumption
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureGermanyNigeria
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$6.30 trillion$2.26 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar0.7100Euro195.0Nigerian naira
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$60,200$1,360
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$78,140$9,230

World Bank income groups: Germany, high income; Nigeria, lower middle income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Germany
  • Nigeria
Year-by-year table
YearGermanyNigeria
2025$62,824$8,145
2024$62,655$7,994
2023$63,140$7,843
2022$63,778$7,752
2021$62,631$7,588
2020$60,300$7,664
2019$62,950$8,362
2018$62,481$8,363
2017$61,965$8,397
2016$60,505$8,535
2015$59,669$8,892
2014$59,203$8,885
2013$58,182$8,581
2012$58,110$8,266
2011$57,951$8,154
2010$54,826$7,963
2009$52,569$7,581
2008$55,514$7,216
2007$54,921$6,949
2006$53,307$6,703
2005$51,265$6,497
2004$50,786$6,275
2003$50,192$5,905
2002$50,487$5,655
2001$50,688$5,040
2000$49,956$4,889

Germany vs Nigeria: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.