Nigeria’s economy grew by 4.43 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of 2026, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The latest growth rate is higher than the 4.23 per cent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2025 and represents an improvement from the 3.89 per cent recorded in the first quarter of 2026.
The NBS disclosed this in its Gross Domestic Product Report for the second quarter of 2026, released on Monday.
The latest figure indicates that economic activity continued to expand during the quarter, extending a gradual recovery recorded over the past year.
Nigeria’s economy grew by 3.87 per cent in real terms in 2025, compared with 3.38 per cent in 2024, according to the NBS data.
