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According to the latest statistical data released by the World Bank in 2025, from 1960 to 2022, Nigeria's annual average GDP was $139.84 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 3.27%; South Africa's annual average GDP was $162.32 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 3.19%. In 2021, the GDP difference between Nigeria and South Africa was $20.83 billion; in 2020, the GDP difference between Nigeria and South Africa was $96.85 billion; in 2019, the GDP difference between Nigeria and South Africa was $60.18 billion.
| Year | Nigeria GDP | South Africa GDP | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $440.78 billion | $419.95 billion | $20.83 billion |
| 2020 | $432.29 billion | $335.44 billion | $96.85 billion |
| 2019 | $448.12 billion | $387.94 billion | $60.18 billion |
| 2018 | $397.19 billion | $404.84 billion | $7.65 billion |
| 2017 | $375.75 billion | $381.45 billion | $5.7 billion |
| 2016 | $404.65 billion | $323.59 billion | $81.06 billion |
| 2015 | $486.8 billion | $346.71 billion | $140.09 billion |
| 2014 | $546.68 billion | $381.2 billion | $165.48 billion |
| 2013 | $508.69 billion | $400.89 billion | $107.8 billion |
| 2012 | $455.5 billion | $434.4 billion | $21.1 billion |
| 2011 | $404.99 billion | $458.2 billion | $53.21 billion |
| 2010 | $361.46 billion | $417.37 billion | $55.91 billion |
| 2009 | $295.01 billion | $329.75 billion | $34.74 billion |
| 2008 | $339.48 billion | $316.13 billion | $23.35 billion |
| 2007 | $275.63 billion | $333.08 billion | $57.45 billion |
| 2006 | $236.1 billion | $303.86 billion | $67.76 billion |
| 2005 | $176.13 billion | $288.87 billion | $112.74 billion |
| 2004 | $136.39 billion | $255.81 billion | $119.42 billion |
| 2003 | $104.91 billion | $197.02 billion | $92.11 billion |
| 2002 | $95.39 billion | $129.09 billion | $33.7 billion |
| 2001 | $74.03 billion | $135.43 billion | $61.4 billion |
| 2000 | $69.45 billion | $151.75 billion | $82.3 billion |
| 1999 | $59.37 billion | $151.52 billion | $92.15 billion |
| 1998 | $54.6 billion | $152.98 billion | $98.38 billion |
| 1997 | $54.46 billion | $168.98 billion | $114.52 billion |
| 1996 | $51.08 billion | $163.24 billion | $112.16 billion |
| 1995 | $44.06 billion | $171.74 billion | $127.68 billion |
| 1994 | $33.83 billion | $153.51 billion | $119.68 billion |
| 1993 | $27.75 billion | $147.2 billion | $119.45 billion |
| 1992 | $47.8 billion | $146.96 billion | $99.16 billion |
| 1991 | $49.12 billion | $135.2 billion | $86.08 billion |
| 1990 | $54.04 billion | $126.05 billion | $72.01 billion |
| 1989 | $44 billion | $108.06 billion | $64.06 billion |
| 1988 | $49.65 billion | $103.98 billion | $54.33 billion |
| 1987 | $52.68 billion | $96.54 billion | $43.86 billion |
| 1986 | $54.81 billion | $73.36 billion | $18.55 billion |
| 1985 | $73.75 billion | $64.46 billion | $9.29 billion |
| 1984 | $73.48 billion | $84.87 billion | $11.39 billion |
| 1983 | $97.1 billion | $96.2 billion | $0.9 billion |
| 1982 | $142.77 billion | $85.9 billion | $56.87 billion |
| 1981 | $164.48 billion | $93.14 billion | $71.34 billion |
| 1980 | $64.2 billion | $89.41 billion | $25.21 billion |
| 1979 | $47.26 billion | $63.04 billion | $15.78 billion |
| 1978 | $36.53 billion | $51.61 billion | $15.08 billion |
| 1977 | $36.04 billion | $45.33 billion | $9.29 billion |
| 1976 | $36.31 billion | $41.15 billion | $4.84 billion |
| 1975 | $27.78 billion | $42.91 billion | $15.13 billion |
| 1974 | $24.85 billion | $41.39 billion | $16.54 billion |
| 1973 | $15.16 billion | $33.26 billion | $18.1 billion |
| 1972 | $12.27 billion | $24.52 billion | $12.25 billion |
| 1971 | $9.18 billion | $23.41 billion | $14.23 billion |
| 1970 | $12.55 billion | $21.22 billion | $8.67 billion |
| 1969 | $6.63 billion | $19.26 billion | $12.63 billion |
| 1968 | $5.2 billion | $17.13 billion | $11.93 billion |
| 1967 | $5.2 billion | $15.82 billion | $10.62 billion |
| 1966 | $6.37 billion | $14.21 billion | $7.84 billion |
| 1965 | $5.87 billion | $13.07 billion | $7.2 billion |
| 1964 | $5.55 billion | $11.96 billion | $6.41 billion |
| 1963 | $5.17 billion | $10.85 billion | $5.68 billion |
| 1962 | $4.91 billion | $9.81 billion | $4.9 billion |
| 1961 | $4.47 billion | $9.23 billion | $4.76 billion |
| 1960 | $4.2 billion | $8.75 billion | $4.55 billion |