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IndicatorNGANigeriaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.67rank #81
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile25.3rank #169
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.35rank #79
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #83
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.85rank #35
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile31.8rank #177
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.67rank #81
Military spending% GDP0.56%rank #136
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #74
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile31.7rank #194
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile44.9rank #145
Rule of Law0-100 percentile39.6rank #165
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.29rank #114
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.51rank #72
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.31rank #90
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile44.1rank #138
Women in parliament% seats4.2%rank #165
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.73rank #80
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment33.5%rank #50
Agriculture value added% GDP23%rank #22
Annual working hours per workerhours2,061.7rank #54
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker41,030.5rank #135
Current account balance% GDP4.8%rank #15
Employment-to-population ratio%79.8%rank #6
External debt stocks% GNI60%rank #76
FDI net inflows% GDP1.4%rank #58
GDPcurrent US$290.79Brank #49
GDP growth%4%rank #71
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,224.3rank #166
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $8,145.1rank #129
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $5,569.4rank #148
High-technology exports% manuf. exports2.7%rank #100
Human capital indexindex2rank #113
Industry value added% GDP16.4%rank #134
Inflation%23%rank #160
Labour force participation rate%82.4%rank #5
Personal remittances received% GDP7.8%rank #20
R&D expenditure% GDP0.28%rank #66
Researchers in R&Dper million22.1rank #83
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.53rank #81
Trade openness% GDP26.2%rank #40
Unemployment% labor force3.1%rank #43
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%3.2%rank #50
Vulnerable employment% employment66.5%rank #151
Youth unemployment% ages 15-245.3%rank #28
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-245.9%rank #32
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop82.2%rank #133
Basic sanitation access% pop47.9%rank #145
Child mortalityper 10011.6rank #156
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,470.1rank #151
DTP3 immunization coverage%67%rank #33
Health spending% GDP4.2%rank #150
Infant mortalityper 1k births69.8rank #148
Life expectancyyears54.6rank #217
Maternal mortalityper 100k993rank #116
Measles immunization% children57%rank #38
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%57%rank #38
Physiciansper 1k0.38rank #41
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m365.7rank #197
Road traffic deathsper 100k20.7rank #84
Smoking prevalence% adults3.1%rank #1
Suicide mortality rateper 100k5rank #60
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k219rank #123
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births115.6rank #196
Undernourishment% pop19.9%rank #58
Education
Adult literacy%70.4%rank #28
Education spending% GDP0.32%rank #120
Expected years of schoolingyears10.5rank #168
Mean years of schoolingyears7.6rank #129
Primary completion rate% relevant age70.2%rank #110
Primary enrollment% gross89.6%rank #142
Secondary enrollment% gross46.9%rank #136
Tertiary enrollment% gross9.7%rank #110
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00032.5rank #20
Fertility ratebirths/woman4.4rank #15
Median age of populationyears17.8rank #200
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.25rank #112
Populationpeople237.53Mrank #6
Population growth%2.1%rank #45
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years58.5rank #217
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands359,185.6rank #5
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age80.2rank #20
Urban population%63.8%rank #101
Climate
CO₂ emissionst135.82Mrank #36
CO₂ per capitat0.58rank #168
Electricity access% pop62.5%rank #50
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation30.9%rank #23
Electricity from solar% generation0.31%rank #79
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #80
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita144.1rank #135
Forest area% land23.2%rank #124
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.5rank #23
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh455.7rank #54
Renewable electricity%31.3%rank #53
Renewable energy share%80.3%rank #15
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e342.9rank #164
Society
Asylum seekerspeople56,176rank #149
Extreme poverty% pop41.8%rank #41
Female labor participation%80.7%rank #3
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.08rank #147
Gender Development Indexratio0.89rank #89
Gender Inequality Index0-10.68rank #152
Gini indexindex33.9rank #25
Homicide rateper 100k15.7rank #69
Human Development Index0-10.56rank #131
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.38rank #115
Internally displaced personspeople3.54Mrank #31
Internet users% pop41.2%rank #151
Life satisfaction0-104.8rank #103
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.55rank #99
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.05rank #163
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.19rank #127
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.52rank #161
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.87rank #188
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people123,848rank #47
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people478,150rank #165
Youth NEET rate%13.6%rank #63
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year1,864rank #31
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths4,594rank #45
Hazard & exposure0-107.9rank #68
Human hazard & exposure0-109.5rank #72
INFORM risk score0-107.1rank #57
Lack of coping capacity0-107rank #60
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-106.8rank #58
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107.1rank #50
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.7rank #34
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year4,158rank #46
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.1rank #58
Vulnerability0-106.4rank #52
Vulnerable groups0-106.7rank #60
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