Congo vs Nigeria: Primary balance, excluding interest

Congo
1.34 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Nigeria
1.58 trillion current LCU
in 2005
Congo rank
3rd
Nigeria rank
1st

Primary balance, excluding interest over time

  • Congo
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.58 trillion current LCU against 1.34 trillion current LCU in Congo, a difference of 239.52 billion current LCU.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Nigeria ahead.

Congo ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary balance, excluding interest (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 1,197 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed

Primary deficit, excluding interest (current LCU).