Nigeria's net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) was US$11.24 million in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 304.12% from US$2.78 million in 2013 (14.99% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$11.24 million | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$2.54 million | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.78 million | 2013 |
| Highest | US$14.45 million | 2022 |
| Lowest | US$50,000 | 1977 |
| Average since 2015 | US$6.53 million | 2015–2023 |
| First recorded | US$60,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Nigeria's net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) fell 22.2% on 2022 (from US$14.45 million to US$11.24 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2022), the average change was +16.5% and a typical year strayed about 51% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 260% in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 56.5% in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Nigeria had the 10th highest value of the 58 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | US$11.24 million | 2023 |
| World | US$798.89 million | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$228.79 million | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | US$112.43 million | 2023 |
Closest to Nigeria in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 43 values
| Year | Net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11,235,300 |
| 2022 | 14,445,500 |
| 2021 | 6,025,520 |
| 2020 | 7,032,519 |
| 2019 | 3,051,639 |
| 2018 | 2,537,134 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 1,394,050 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 |
Net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$1.74 million (2023)
- Benin — US$259,661 (2019)
- Botswana — US$915,943 (2019)
- Burkina Faso — US$3.54 million (2022)
- Burundi — US$1.85 million (2023)
- Cameroon — US$6.17 million (2022)
- Central African Republic — US$2.09 million (2023)
- Chad — US$24.26 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$4.48 million (2023)
More economic policy & debt data for Nigeria
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$46.02 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$43.01 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$290.79 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 441.54 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$562.59 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 226.52 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,224 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 1.86 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$2,369 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 953,654 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nigeria's net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$)?
- US$11.24 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is up 18,626% from US$60,000 in 1976 (11.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$14.45 million in 2022 and the lowest US$50,000 in 1977.
- How does Nigeria rank?
- 10th highest of 58 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in net official flows from UN agencies, UNHCR (current US$) unusual for Nigeria?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.UNCR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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