WESTERN AFRICA

Nigeria

Abuja · pop. 224M · English · Nigerian naira

conflict

13 events · 101 killed · 3 civilians

Aug 25–31, the latest week from UCDP

Trajectories

economic complexity

#140

Roughly steady in the rankings since 1995.

2024 · −2.28

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers30

when	value	change
1995	−2.45
1996	−1.62	+0.82 pts
1997	−2.12	−0.50 pts
1998	−1.84	+0.28 pts
1999	−2.05	−0.21 pts
2000	−2.46	−0.42 pts
2001	−2.46	+0.01 pts
2002	−1.98	+0.48 pts
2003	−1.96	+0.01 pts
2004low	−2.90	−0.94 pts
2005	−2.81	+0.09 pts
2006	−2.29	+0.52 pts
2007	−1.76	+0.53 pts
2008	−1.81	−0.04 pts
2009	−1.65	+0.16 pts
2010	−1.90	−0.25 pts
2011	−1.78	+0.12 pts
2012	−2.31	−0.53 pts
2013	−1.99	+0.32 pts
2014high	−1.58	+0.40 pts
2015	−1.70	−0.12 pts
2016	−2.11	−0.41 pts
2017	−2.27	−0.16 pts
2018	−2.20	+0.07 pts
2019	−1.99	+0.21 pts
2020	−2.05	−0.06 pts
2021	−2.05	0 pts
2022	−2.40	−0.35 pts
2023	−2.30	+0.10 pts
2024latest	−2.28	+0.02 pts

economic momentum

$1,084

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $1,084

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990	$556
1991	$597	+7.3%
1992	$509	−14.8%
1993	$540	+6.1%
1994	$745	+38.1%
1995	$1,272	+70.7%
1996	$1,633	+28.4%
1997	$1,720	+5.4%
1998	$1,822	+5.9%
1999low	$481	−73.6%
2000	$547	+13.9%
2001	$566	+3.5%
2002	$712	+25.7%
2003	$763	+7.2%
2004	$962	+26.1%
2005	$1,211	+25.9%
2006	$1,600	+32.0%
2007	$1,816	+13.5%
2008	$2,154	+18.6%
2009	$1,820	−15.5%
2010	$2,202	+21.0%
2011	$2,418	+9.8%
2012	$2,633	+8.9%
2013	$2,873	+9.1%
2014	$3,089	+7.5%
2015	$2,586	−16.3%
2016	$2,070	−19.9%
2017	$1,876	−9.4%
2018	$2,058	+9.7%
2019high	$3,190	+55.0%
2020	$2,797	−12.3%
2021	$2,787	−0.3%
2022	$2,899	+4.0%
2023	$2,139	−26.2%
2024latest	$1,084	−49.3%

prices

33.2%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 33.2%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990	7.4%
1991	13.0%	+5.64 pts
1992	44.6%	+31.6 pts
1993	57.2%	+12.6 pts
1994	57.0%	−0.13 pts
1995high	72.8%	+15.8 pts
1996	29.3%	−43.6 pts
1997	8.5%	−20.7 pts
1998	10.0%	+1.47 pts
1999	6.6%	−3.38 pts
2000	6.9%	+0.31 pts
2001	18.9%	+11.9 pts
2002	12.9%	−6.00 pts
2003	14.0%	+1.16 pts
2004	15.0%	+0.97 pts
2005	17.9%	+2.87 pts
2006	8.2%	−9.64 pts
2007low	5.4%	−2.84 pts
2008	11.6%	+6.19 pts
2009	12.5%	+0.96 pts
2010	13.7%	+1.20 pts
2011	10.8%	−2.91 pts
2012	12.2%	+1.40 pts
2013	8.5%	−3.73 pts
2014	8.0%	−0.45 pts
2015	9.0%	+0.96 pts
2016	15.7%	+6.69 pts
2017	16.5%	+0.81 pts
2018	12.1%	−4.41 pts
2019	11.4%	−0.70 pts
2020	13.2%	+1.85 pts
2021	17.0%	+3.71 pts
2022	18.8%	+1.89 pts
2023	24.7%	+5.81 pts
2024latest	33.2%	+8.58 pts

demographic curve

4.4 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.8 in 1980.

2024 · 4.4

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

the numbers65

when	value	change
1960	6.4
1961	6.4	−0.2%
1962	6.4	0.0%
1963	6.3	−0.1%
1964	6.4	+0.2%
1965	6.4	+0.1%
1966	6.4	+0.3%
1967	6.4	+0.2%
1968	6.4	+0.3%
1969	6.4	+0.3%
1970	6.5	+0.4%
1971	6.5	+1.0%
1972	6.6	+0.7%
1973	6.6	+0.8%
1974	6.7	+1.1%
1975	6.8	+1.0%
1976	6.8	+0.5%
1977	6.9	+0.8%
1978high	6.9	+0.9%
1979	6.9	−0.5%
1980	6.8	−0.6%
1981	6.8	−0.4%
1982	6.8	−0.3%
1983	6.8	−0.4%
1984	6.7	−1.1%
1985	6.6	−1.3%
1986	6.6	−0.9%
1987	6.5	−0.8%
1988	6.5	−0.1%
1989	6.5	−0.1%
1990	6.5	−0.5%
1991	6.4	−0.5%
1992	6.4	−0.5%
1993	6.4	−0.6%
1994	6.3	−0.6%
1995	6.3	−0.7%
1996	6.2	−0.9%
1997	6.1	−1.3%
1998	6.1	−1.1%
1999	6.1	+0.2%
2000	6.1	+0.7%
2001	6.1	+0.1%
2002	6.1	−0.2%
2003	6.1	−0.3%
2004	6.1	−0.2%
2005	6.1	−0.4%
2006	6.1	−0.2%
2007	6.0	−0.4%
2008	6.0	0.0%
2009	6.0	−0.5%
2010	5.9	−0.8%
2011	5.9	−0.9%
2012	5.8	−1.6%
2013	5.7	−1.8%
2014	5.6	−1.3%
2015	5.5	−2.1%
2016	5.3	−2.9%
2017	5.2	−3.0%
2018	5.0	−3.1%
2019	4.9	−3.2%
2020	4.7	−3.3%
2021	4.6	−1.4%
2022	4.6	−1.8%
2023	4.5	−1.5%
2024latest	4.4	−2.2%

Metrics

population

224M

6 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$487B

31 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$2,139

129 of 170

World Bank · latest available
military spending

$3B

55 of 151

SIPRI via World Bank
military % of gdp

0.8%

129 of 148

SIPRI via World Bank
area

924K km²

33 of 176

REST Countries
population density

242 /km²

24 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

54.5 yr

175 of 175

World Bank · latest available
internet access

39%

132 of 166

ITU via World Bank
co₂ per capita

0.57 t

128 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

63%

88 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

4.4

15 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

0.6%

144 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
remittances % of gdp

8.4%

31 of 155

World Bank · IMF BOP
r&d % of gdp

0.3%

82 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

22

114 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

9.4K

43 of 168

NSF / World Bank
high-tech exports %

3%

107 of 153

World Bank · UN Comtrade
gini inequality

33.9

64 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

5%

27 of 166

ILO via World Bank
adult literacy

70%

85 of 109

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.31

86 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

26

129 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

39.7

105 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.560

135 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

96K

53 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

468K

10 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data