The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the transport sector recorded a 6.51 percent year-on-year growth in nominal terms in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026.
NBS announced the growth rate in its Nigerian gross domestic product (GDP) report for Q1 2026.
“The sector grew by 6.51% in nominal terms in the first quarter of 2026 (year-on-year),” the report said.
“This rate was lower relative to the 53.56% recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2025 and lower than 39.62% in the previous quarter.”
The transportation and storage sector comprises six sub-activities — road transport, rail transport and pipelines, water transport, air transport, transport services, and post and courier services.
The bureau said five of the six sub-sectors recorded positive growth rates during the review period, while quarter-on-quarter growth stood at negative 20.73 percent.
The report added that transport activities contributed 1.36 percent to nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in Q1 2026, a decrease from the 1.51 percent recorded in the corresponding period of 2025, and lower than the 1.55 percent recorded in Q4 2025.
“In real terms, the Transportation and Storage sector grew by 7.41% in Q1 2026,” the bureau said.
“This rate represents a decrease of 6.67% points compared to the same quarter of the previous year and a decrease of 13.84% points relative to the preceding quarter. Quarter-on-quarter, growth was -19.40%.”
Despite the slowdown, the NBS said the sector contributed 1.02 percent to real GDP in Q1 2026, slightly higher than the 0.99 percent recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2025 and unchanged from Q4 2025.
