_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: padre4baya@gmail.com, amaro4baya@yahoo.com; Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting 18(3): 42-53, 2020; Article no.AJEBA.61903 ISSN: 2456-639X On the Determinants of Economic Openness in Nigeria Charles Okechukwu Aronu 1* , Lucky Oghenechovwe Arhovwon 1 , John Obatarhe Emunefe 2 , Godspower Onyekachukwu Ekwueme 3 and Nkechi Udochukwu Otty 4 1 Department of Statistics, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Nigeria. 2 Department of General Studies, Mathematics and Statistics Unit, Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Industrial Production Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. 4 Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Health Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Authors COA and LOA designed the study and performed the statistical analysis. Authors JOE and NUO managed the literature searches. Author GOE wrote the introduction. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJEBA/2020/v18i330287 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Chun-Chien Kuo, National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan. Reviewers: (1) Ruhaida Saidon, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. (2) Mohammad Salem Oudat, Applied Science University, Bahrain. (3) Bishwajeet Bhattacharjee, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, India. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/61903 Received 02 August 2020 Accepted 07 October 2020 Published 26 October 2020 ABSTRACT Aims: Economic openness has been identified as a tool that provides countries with an avenue to explore advances on technology, creation of exchanges through the reallocation of resources especially from less efficient to efficient producer, and economic growth. This study examined the short-run and long-run impact of economic determinants such as foreign direct investment, unemployment rate and percentage of the urban population on economic openness in Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: The study employed a secondary source of data collection obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Statistical Bulletin and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Annual Publication. The data comprises of variables such as economic openness which is proxy by trade openness, foreign direct investment, unemployment rate and percentage of the urban population from 2006 - 2019. Original Research Article