Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.51% year-on-year in real terms in the second quarter of 2023, which is 0.2% points higher than 2.31% recorded in the previous quarter but 1.03% lower compared to 3.54% recorded in the corresponding period of 2022.
This is according to the recently released Gross Domestic Product report, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The performance of the GDP in the second quarter of 2023 was driven mainly by the Services sector, which recorded a growth of 4.42% and contributed 58.42% to the aggregate GDP.
The agriculture sector grew by 1.50%, an improvement from the growth of 1.2% recorded in the second quarter of 2022.
The non-oil sector grew by 3.58% in real terms during the reference quarter (Q2 2023).
