The daily gap between the official dollar rate and the rate dollars actually trade at in Nigeria, measured through USDT. Updated every morning.
Nigeria has two dollar prices. The official reference rate is set in the regulated foreign exchange window. The market rate is what people actually pay when they need dollars now, and since most of that trading moved on-chain, the USDT to naira rate has become its clearest public signal. The tracker publishes the gap between the two, every day, from the same live data Yesa prices from.
A widening premium usually signals tightening dollar supply; a narrowing one signals the opposite. This page is a public data reference, not investment or financial advice. The premium is measured against the indicative market rate, which is not what a seller receives: the rate Yesa pays is on each coin's rate page.
One measurement per day, taken when this page regenerates at 09:13 WAT. The archive grows daily; it began on 2026-08-11.
| Date | Official | Market (USDT) | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | ₦1,338.83 | ₦1,379.55 | +3.0% |
| 2026-08-30 | ₦1,339.05 | ₦1,377.00 | +2.8% |
| 2026-08-29 | ₦1,338.68 | ₦1,376.53 | +2.8% |
| 2026-08-28 | ₦1,339.96 | ₦1,383.78 | +3.3% |
| 2026-08-27 | ₦1,345.62 | ₦1,386.24 | +3.0% |
| 2026-08-26 | ₦1,350.75 | ₦1,385.17 | +2.5% |
| 2026-08-25 | ₦1,350.47 | ₦1,388.19 | +2.8% |
| 2026-08-24 | ₦1,345.21 | ₦1,389.55 | +3.3% |
| 2026-08-23 | ₦1,340.86 | ₦1,388.19 | +3.5% |
| 2026-08-22 | ₦1,349.67 | ₦1,391.18 | +3.1% |
| 2026-08-21 | ₦1,348.06 | ₦1,392.38 | +3.3% |
| 2026-08-20 | ₦1,350.13 | ₦1,393.87 | +3.2% |
| 2026-08-19 | ₦1,351.05 | ₦1,394.77 | +3.2% |
| 2026-08-18 | ₦1,360.58 | ₦1,393.52 | +2.4% |
| 2026-08-17 | ₦1,359.20 | ₦1,395.41 | +2.7% |
| 2026-08-16 | ₦1,358.70 | ₦1,391.97 | +2.4% |
| 2026-08-15 | ₦1,358.64 | ₦1,396.53 | +2.8% |
| 2026-08-14 | ₦1,360.56 | ₦1,395.14 | +2.5% |
| 2026-08-13 | ₦1,360.25 | ₦1,397.01 | +2.7% |
| 2026-08-12 | ₦1,359.84 | ₦1,395.97 | +2.7% |
| 2026-08-11 | ₦1,363.19 | ₦1,395.59 | +2.4% |
Citing this data is welcome: "Yesa Naira Premium Tracker, yesaapp.ng". Sources: public interbank reference feed (official side); live market data from the exchange feed Yesa prices from (market side, via the USDT to naira rate).
The percentage gap between the official USD/NGN reference rate and the rate dollars actually change hands at in the market, measured daily through the USDT to naira rate. A positive number means the market pays more naira per dollar than the official rate.
USDT is a dollar stablecoin and has become the most liquid way dollars trade in Nigeria, so its naira price is a continuously updated, publicly observable signal of real dollar demand.
Every morning at 09:13 West Africa Time, from the same live market data that powers Yesa's rate pages, alongside a public interbank reference feed for the official side.