Nigeria: What Does Nigeria's New GDP Number Actually Mean?

8 April 2014
analysis

So it's official. The long overdue and widely anticipated GDP revision in Nigeria has arrived. And it was certainly worth the wait.

It is bigger and better than anyone expected. One of the most anticipated questions was whether the new number would rank Nigeria above South Africa. It does. It does not yet place Nigeria in the G20 group, but they are getting closer.

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