Nigeria · Statistic
Value Added Tax collection, headline components
Public Finance · Source: NRS via NBS · quarterly
International comparability — CSA: Economic · GFSM 2014 (IMF)Quarterly Value Added Tax (VAT) collected in Nigeria as the published headline roll-up: the Sub-Total (Non-Import VAT) Local (sum of sectors), the foreign-currency component (printed as "Non-Import (foreign) VAT" and, from Q4 2025, "Other Payment Channels Including Naira Equivalent of VAT Paid in Foreign Currency"), NCS-Import VAT (import VAT collected at the border by the Nigeria Customs Service), and the Grand Total. Sub-Total (Non-Import VAT) Local and Grand Total are aggregates (Sub-Total + Foreign + Import = Grand Total). National, whole naira. Originator NRS (formerly FIRS); publisher NBS.
Observations
84
Q1 2021 – Q1 2026
Coverage
Nigeria
national
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Displayed series · 21 quarterly periods · Q1 2021 – Q1 20264 component
Value Added Tax collection, headline components — Grand Total was NGN 2.4tn in Q1 2026, against NGN 496.4bn in Q1 2021 — 21 quarterly periods.
Latest
NGN 2.4tn
Q1 2026
Minimum
NGN 496.4bn
Q1 2021
Maximum
NGN 2.4tn
Q1 2026
Range
NGN 496.4bn – NGN 2.4tn
lowest – highest observed
Periods
21
published points
Showing the latest 12 of 21 periods. The downloads carry every observation.
| Period | Grand TotalNGN |
|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 2,416,035,800,445 |
| Q4 2025 | 2,196,826,839,260.12 |
| Q3 2025 | 2,283,188,513,614.18 |
| Q2 2025 | 2,063,250,233,298.11 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,063,959,798,070.95 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,946,824,448,030.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,782,345,123,638.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,561,270,758,299.19 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,430,919,367,102.33 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,200,304,358,732.69 |
| Q3 2023 | 948,066,311,457.65 |
| Q2 2023 | 781,351,610,176.74 |
Methodology and provenance
Where this data comes from and when Prism last updated it.
Source document
Last updated 6 August 2026
- Table VAT Sectoral Collection (component/aggregate rows)
Value Added Tax Collection, Headline Components · Planning,Research and Statistics Department, FIRS | Source: Planning,Research and Statistics Department, NRS
Originator: Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS, provider 86). Printed "Source:" captions retained verbatim (FIRS on 2021 blocks; NRS on Q1 2026 block-3). FIRS renamed to NRS - canonical originator NRS, FIRS kept verbatim (H190). Foreign-currency component relabelled by source ("Non-Import (foreign) VAT" -> "Other Payment Channels Including Naira Equivalent of VAT Paid in Foreign Currency" from Q4 2025); newer label canonical, printed label retained per-observation in dimensions._source_label + _relabel (H190; parallels CIT H135(B)). Sub-Total (Non-Import VAT) Local and Grand Total tagged dimensions.aggregate=true. Publisher: NBS.
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- Originator
- Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS)
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
- Publication
- Sectorial Distribution of Value Added Tax
- Printed source caption
- Planning,Research and Statistics Department, FIRS | Source: Planning,Research and Statistics Department, NRS
- Publication reference
- NGA-NBS-VAT
- Catalog record
- Catalog 144
"Value Added Tax collection, headline components", NRS via NBS, Sectorial Distribution of Value Added Tax, ref. NGA-NBS-VAT. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-pf-vat-headline-components-nga.
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Source: NRS via NBS. Source publication: Sectorial Distribution of Value Added Tax. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; Q1 2026.