Distillers Nigeria
A one-page guide to Nigeria for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Abuja
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- Naira (NGN)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (WAT)
- Area
- 923,768 km²
People
- Population
- 237.5 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 2.1% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 63.8%
- Aged under 15
- 40.5%
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.1%
- Life expectancy
- 54.6 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$290.8 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$1,224 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 4.0% (2025)
- Inflation
- 23.0% (2025)
Climate
Tropical rainforest in the far south (1,500-2,000 mm a year), savannah in the middle belt (500-1,500 mm) and Sahel in the far north (under 500 mm). Temperature and rainy-season months not given in the source.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal with dry areas
- Legal drinking age
- No national age; varies by state (Abuja 18, from a 2001 bye-law); alcohol is prohibited in northern states
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 2.04 litres of pure alcohol (2022-2024 average (WHO estimate for 2024))
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank indicators (population, area, GDP, GDP per capita, growth, inflation); WHO Global Health Observatory, indicator SA_0000001688; UN Comtrade public API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Nigerian Breweries; Wikipedia: Nigeria; Nairametrics - Nigeria's spirits market (Jan 2026); Marketing Edge - top foreign spirits in Nigeria. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.