Over the years, local companies have contributed more than foreign companies to Nigeria’s total company income tax revenue. In 2023, local CIT payments accounted for 51% of the total, with foreign payments at 49%.
Local CIT payments saw the highest share in 2021 (65%), while foreign CIT's highest was in 2015 at 52%.
In 2023, businesses in Nigeria's finance and insurance sector paid ₦458.8 billion as taxes to the government, 119.6% more than in 2022.
Those in the manufacturing sector also increased their payments and remain the top tax-paying sector in the country.
Here are the top five sectors where businesses paid the most tax in 2023.
According to recent data, there were approximately 96,487 tonnes of gold jewellery in the world in Dec. 2023, accounting for 45% of the total estimated amount of gold (212,582 tonnes) mined throughout history. Here is an estimated distribution of gold holdings as of Dec. 2023.
The cost of cooking gas nationwide increased from an average of ₦10.3k in March 2023 to nearly ₦16k in March 2024.
However, the northern regions had the most affordable prices. The North East had the lowest average price of ₦14.9k for a 12.5kg cylinder.
In Katsina, the average price for 12.5kg of cooking gas was ₦12,400 as of March 2024, the lowest in the country.
As of December 2023, Johannesburg had the highest number of millionaires (12,300) in Africa; Cape Town followed with 7,400 millionaires. South Africa dominated the list, with its cities and regions claiming top spots.
Per Africa Wealth Report 2024, South Africa maintained its position as the country with the most millionaires in Africa in 2023.
The country has 2.4x the number of millionaires as Egypt and 4.6x the figure of Nigeria.
After peaking at ₦5.69b in 2021, Nigeria's railway revenue from passengers has fallen for two consecutive years, dropping to ₦4.43b in 2023. Cargo revenue, on the other hand, reached its highest (₦1.08b) in 2023.y revenue from passengers has fallen for two consecutive years, dropping to ₦4.43b in 2023. Cargo revenue, on the other hand, reached its highest (₦1.08b) in 2023.
How much more debt did Nigerian states add to their existing domestic debt in 2023?
Nigerian states' domestic debt increased by 9.8% in 2023, with 20 states and the FCT contributing to this increase. Lagos State recorded the biggest jump in domestic debt with ₦241.5b added.
At the end of every year from 2017 to 2023, Nigeria added between $800m and $7.5b to its external debt. After repaying $3.5 billion of its external debt in 2023, the country's external debt only increased by $800m as of December, marking the lowest increase in the past 7 years.
Nigeria collected nearly ₦5 trillion income tax from companies in 2023. The amount collected in 2023 is 3.5x the collections in 2015 and 73% more than in 2022. Here are Nigeria's company income tax collections since 2015.
