Q4 2025 capital importation rises to $6,443.48m, says NBS

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja

Total capital importation into Nigeria in Q4, 2025, stood at US$6,443.48 million, higher than US$5,089.16 million recorded in Q4 2024, indicating an increase of 26.61 per cent on a year-on-year basis. 

This was contained in a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In comparison to the preceding quarter, capital importation increased by 7.13 per cent from US$6,014.77 million in Q3 2025. However, NBS stated that Portfolio Investment ranked highest with US$5,486.03 million, accounting for 85.14 per cent of total capital importation during the period, followed by Other Investment with US$599.65 million (9.31 per cent) and Foreign Direct Investment with US$357.80 million (5.55 per cent).

In terms of distribution by sector, the banking sector recorded the highest inflow with US$3,850.14 million, representing 59.75 per cent of total capital imported in Q4 2025, followed by the financing sector, valued at US$1,942.44 million (30.15 per cent), and the production/manufacturing sector with US$308.93 million (4.79 per cent).
Capital importation during the reference period originated largely from the United Kingdom with
US$3,733.37 million, representing 57.94 per cent of the total capital imported. This, the report, stated, was followed by the United States with US$837.91 million (13.00 per cent) and the Republic of South Africa with US$516.96 million (8.02 per cent).

In addition, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc received the highest capital importation during the reference period with US$2,228.34 million (34.58 per cent), followed by Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited with US$1,852.43 million (28.75 per cent), and CitiBank Nigeria Limited with US$840.72 per million (13.05 per cent).

Recall that the total capital importation into Nigeria in Q3 2025, stood at US$6,014.77 million, higher than US$1,252.66 million recorded in Q3 2024, an indication of an increase of 380.16 per cent.

For Q2 and Q3 2025, capital importation increased by 17.46 per cent from US$5,120.50 million in Q2 2025.

In Q3 2025, Portfolio Investment ranked tops with US$4,853.96 million, accounting for 80.70 per cent, followed by Other Investment with US$864.57 million, accounting for 14.37 per cent.

Meanwhile, Foreign Direct Investment recorded the least with US$296.25 million (4.93 per cent) of total capital importation in Q3 2025.