Data is as of January of each year, except for 2025, which is as of February.
Data for mobile money refer to services that store funds in an electronic wallet linked directly to a phone number, such as M-Pesa, GCash, and Tigo Pesa. They do not include people who use "over-the-top"mobile payment services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay.
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Population with mobile money accounts in Nigeria 2019-2025
In 2025, roughly **** percent of the population 15 years and older in Nigeria were using mobile payment services. This was an increase from the previous year. Between 2019 and 2022, the share of the population reporting to use mobile money accounts in Nigeria remained stable. Indeed, this value stood at *** percent in all four years under consideration. This figure refers to services that store money in an electronic wallet connected to a phone number and excludes mobile payment services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay.Â
Mobile money allows you to receive, store, and spend money using a mobile phone. Mobile money systems use agents and people at key locations throughout the country, including remote rural areas, to make a deposit or get cash. Mobile money is creating employment as a large number of people are becoming mobile money agents.
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (March 3, 2025). Share of population reporting to use mobile money accounts in Nigeria from 2019 to 2025 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1182346/population-with-mobile-money-accounts-in-nigeria/
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