Nigeria’s Q1 2026 Capital Importation hits $10.372bn
Nigeria’s total Capital Importation in the first quarter(Q1) of 2026 stood at
US$10.372 bn, higher than US$5.64bn recorded in Q1 2025, indicating an increase of 83.83%.
The development is contained in the latest report released by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), Wednesday in Abuja.
When compared to the preceding quarter, capital importation increased by 60.97% from US$6,443.48 million in Q4 2025.
The report showed that
Portfolio Investment ranked top with US$9,862.34 million, accounting for 95.09%, followed by Other Investment with US$374.48 million, accounting for 3.61%.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recorded the least with US$135.08 million, representing 1.30% of total capital importation in Q1 2026.
In terms of inflow, the Banking sector recorded the highest with US$7,550.04 million, representing 72.79% of total capital imported in Q1 2026, followed by the Financing sector, valued at US$2,429.19 million (23.42%), and Production/
Manufacturing sector with US$152.27 million (1.47%).
Within the period under review Capital Importation originated largely from the United Kingdom with
US$5,083.76 million, representing 49.01% of the total capital imported and closely followed by the United States with US$3,183.65 million (30.69%) and the Republic of South Africa with US$983.83 million (9.49%).
Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited received the highest capital importation into Nigeria in Q1 2026 with
US$4,414.37 million (42.56%), followed by Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc with US$2,778.92 million (26.79%), and Rand
Merchant Bank with US$930.82 million (8.97%).
