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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released the 2025 Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) report for Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), revealing a total revenue generation of N5.15tn.
This represents a notable 40.93 per cent increase compared to the N3.65tn recorded across the country in 2024.
According to the report published on Thursday, Lagos State maintained its lead as the nation’s economic powerhouse, recording the highest IGR at N1.77tn. Rivers State ranked second with N428.42bn, followed closely by Enugu State in third place with N406.77bn.
The Federal Capital Territory placed fourth with N356.34bn, while Ogun State generated N252.36bn to complete the top five.
Further down the ranking, Delta State recorded N202.49bn, Edo State generated N132.21bn, Oyo State recorded N103.25bn, Kano State posted N102.26bn, and Akwa Ibom State generated N100.80bn.
At the bottom of the log, Ebonyi State and Yobe State recorded the lowest internal revenues, generating N17.18bn and N16.01bn respectively.
The statistics office highlighted that tax collections formed the bedrock of state revenues, accounting for N3.79tn of the total amount generated, while Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) contributed N1.36tn.
Full Ranking of 2025 IGR by State:
- Lagos — N1,769,194,412,060.40
- Rivers — N428,417,013,536.88
- Enugu — N406,774,321,759.79
- Federal Capital Territory — N356,335,315,921.56
- Ogun — N252,355,976,698.73
- Delta — N202,487,494,875.67
- Edo — N132,208,875,552.12
- Oyo — N103,246,442,472.57
- Kano — N102,258,691,486.44
- Akwa Ibom — N100,804,815,364.47
- Kwara — N95,356,710,598.87
- Kaduna — N86,749,688,478.31
- Abia — N70,407,342,852.10
- Jigawa — N66,725,082,001.43
- Niger — N66,371,354,137.94
- Katsina — N64,290,808,626.43
- Ondo — N60,320,737,217.15
- Cross River — N58,638,597,004.73
- Ekiti — N57,091,304,238.63
- Anambra — N57,028,415,169.60
- Osun — N56,843,623,771.08
- Bauchi — N52,789,744,733.97
- Bayelsa — N50,302,628,155.03
- Plateau — N45,102,595,256.86
- Gombe — N43,961,922,502.29
- Kogi — N43,941,056,863.67
- Imo — N43,649,954,888.81
- Borno — N36,363,692,550.83
- Adamawa — N33,761,382,439.38
- Nasarawa — N32,567,443,747.98
- Kebbi — N31,230,456,665.87
- Zamfara — N30,069,202,805.01
- Benue — N29,567,495,770.16
- Taraba — N28,160,167,919.62
- Sokoto — N20,476,104,778.04
- Ebonyi — N17,182,701,334.85
- Yobe — N16,006,661,533.06
The NBS specified that the overall revenue figures were pooled from Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE), direct assessment, road taxes, stamp duties, capital gains tax, withholding tax, other local taxes, local government revenues, and internal revenue generated by state MDAs.
Breaking down the tax heads, PAYE generated the highest share at N2.64tn across all jurisdictions, while withholding tax yielded N503.46bn. Direct assessment taxes accounted for N112.65bn, stamp duties generated N111.57bn, road taxes brought in N49.88bn, and capital gains tax contributed N12.40bn.
Other miscellaneous taxes brought in N300.21bn, while local government council collections stood at N65.82bn nationwide.
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