Nigeria (2025)
2.1
% of service exports
-1.9pp YoY
YoY Change
-1.9pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
21
years of data

Data

Nigeria ICT Service Exports (% of Service Exports) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of service exports YoY Change
2025 2.1 -1.9pp
2024 4 -0.3pp
2023 4.3 -1.1pp
2022 5.4 +1.2pp
2021 4.2 +0.1pp
2020 4.1 -0.2pp
2019 4.3 -0.5pp
2018 4.8 -1pp
2017 5.8 +2.7pp
2016 3.1 +0.7pp
2015 2.4 -0.3pp
2014 2.7 +0.5pp
2013 2.2 +0.1pp
2012 2.1 +0.6pp
2011 1.5 unchanged
2010 1.5 -0.2pp
2009 1.7 +0.4pp
2008 1.3 -0.6pp
2007 1.9 +0.9pp
2006 1 -0.1pp

About this Dataset

Nigeria recorded 2.1 % of service exports in 2025. The latest change was -1.9pp. Across 2005–2025 the series ranges from 1 in 2006 to 5.8 in 2017.

This page tracks ICT service exports (software, IT consulting, telecommunications) as a share of total service exports in Nigeria from 2000 to present. ICT export intensity measures the depth of the digital knowledge economy and the competitiveness of the domestic tech industry in global markets.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks ICT service exports (software, IT consulting, telecommunications) as a share of total service exports in Nigeria from 2000 to present. ICT export intensity measures the depth of the digital knowledge economy and the competitiveness of the domestic tech industry in global markets. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2005–2025 (21 observations).

The series peaked at 5.8 % of service exports in 2017 and reached its lowest recorded value of 1 in 2006. The latest reading of 2.1 in 2025 represents a change of -1.9pp.