We tracked how long it typically takes Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to release Q1 GDP data. Between 2017 and 2024, the Q1 report was released, on average, 53 days after the end of March, typically around late May.
But 2025 has broken that pattern. As of June 25, the Q1 2025 GDP data is still missing, now 86 days and counting since the quarter ended—33 days later than the usual timeline.
Why the hold-up? Earlier in 2025, the NBS carried out a long-awaited GDP rebasing, adopting 2019 as the new base year. This update is meant to better reflect Nigeria’s evolving economy by capturing newer sectors and providing a more accurate picture of output. That complexity may explain the delay, but it also raises questions about transparency and consistency in national data releases.
Burundi recorded its highest GDP per capita in 2015 ($280.97).
By 2024, GDP per capita dropped to $153.93, a decline of nearly 45% from its peak.
Burundi’s population exceeds 13 million (2024), which dilutes income per person even when overall GDP grows.
Structural challenges like limited industrialization, reliance on subsistence farming, and political instability contribute to stagnation.
Since 2015, Burundi has held the lowest GDP per capita in Africa—and at $153.9 in 2024, it is the poorest country in the world by GDP per capita.
