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Nigeria

Official language: English
Currency: Nigerian Naira
Capital City: Abuja
Area: 923768km²
Subregional membership(s): West Africa, Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), B5, Oil producing economies, Sub-Saharan Africa, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) , Petroleum Exporters, OPEC Members

200963.6K

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Mid-year population

375.8B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

100.2

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

84.7

₂₀₁₆

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.3	4.3	4.3
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	51.7	52.1	52.6	53.0	53.5	54.0	54.4	54.8	55.2	55.6
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	50.2	50.6	51.0	51.4	51.9	52.3	52.7	53.1	53.5	53.8
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	50.9	51.4	51.8	52.2	52.7	53.1	53.5	54.0	54.3	54.7
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)	19.4					17.7		17.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)	9.0					10.6		11.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)	7.9					7.7		8.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)	6.5					6.6		7.1
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)	6.2					5.8		6.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)	7.1					6.1		5.6
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)	7.8					6.8		5.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)	7.0					6.8		6.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)	5.3					5.6		5.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)	14.3					15.4		14.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)	3.6					4.1		4.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)	2.4					2.7		3.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)	1.6					1.8		2.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)	2.1					2.4		2.9
Population - Female (%)	49.4	49.4	49.4
Population - Female (thousands)	78,342	80,446	82,609	84,829	87,100	89,417	91,779	94,186	96,637	99,132
Population - Male (thousands)	80,161	82,359	84,619	86,936	89,305	91,721	94,181	96,687	99,238	101,832
Population - Total (thousands)	158,503	162,805	167,229	171,766	176,405	181,137	185,960	190,873	195,875	200,964
Population - Urban (%)	43.5	44.4	45.2	46.1	47.0	47.8	48.7	49.5	50.3	51.2
Population - Urban (%)	43.5	44.4	45.2	46.1	47.0	47.8	48.7	49.5
Population - Urban (thousands)	68,950	72,262	75,695	79,244	82,905	86,673	90,546	94,525
Total fertility rate (per woman)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.3

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, World Health Organization

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)	113.0	122.0			145.0
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	867.0	824.0	819.0	821.0	820.0	814.0
Neo-natal mortality (Per 1,000 live births)	38.0	37.1	36.4	35.6	34.9	34.2	33.5	32.9
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)		24.4		31.0
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.0
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)	6.1	6.2	6.3	6.5	6.7	7.0
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)		24.4		31.0
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	56.0	52.0	37.0	59.0
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)		6.2	6.3	6.5	6.7	7.0
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	63.0	65.0	66.0	67.0	68.0	69.0
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	31.0	30.0	30.0	30.0	29.0	29.0
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	130.3	125.5	120.9	116.6	112.5	108.8

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)						49.7
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)						69.2
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)						59.6
Gender parity index of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained (ratio)	1.0
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)	1.2
Gender parity index of teachers in upper secondary education who are trained (ratio)	0.7
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	80.9	87.4	90.8	92.8	89.4		82.2
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	88.4	93.0	93.2	95.3	90.7		87.1
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	84.7	90.6	92.0	94.1	90.1		84.7
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	41.2		44.9	53.5	43.0	44.7	39.8
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	46.4		49.3	58.8	48.1	48.8	44.1
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	43.8		47.2	56.2	45.6	46.8	42.0
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)						72.8
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	5.2	5.5	5.7	5.9	5.9
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)	63.9
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)	63.8
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	37.6
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)	33.1
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	0.9
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)	0.9
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)		1.0		1.2
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	5.0		5.5	5.7	5.5		5.0
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	5.3		5.6	5.8	5.6		5.3
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	5.2		5.5	5.8	5.5		5.2
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	2.5		2.7	3.2	2.6	2.7	2.4
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	2.8		3.0	3.6	2.9	3.0	2.7
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	2.7		2.8	3.4	2.8	2.8	2.6
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	55,469	63,713	72,600	81,010	90,137	95,178	102,575	114,907
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)	369.1	414.1	461.0	515.0	568.5	494.6	404.6	375.8

Prices

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Inflation, all items (index)	108.93	120.72	135.48	146.99	158.81	173.13	200.30	232.97
Inflation, all items - Annual change (%)	13.7	10.8	12.2	8.5	8.1	9.0	15.7	16.5
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	11.8	10.3	12.0	8.0	8.0	9.6	18.6	16.0
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	114.22	125.97	141.06	152.29	164.44	180.15	213.56	247.73

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Coal - Consumption, Tonnes (thousands)				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)			25,159	23,487	24,439	24,977	25,568	26,195
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	20,660	23,447	25,159	23,487
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	19,747	21,384	20,084	23,557	25,044	25,708	25,311	25,748
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	6,310	5,650	5,307	5,326	5,346	5,718	5,582	5,933
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	74	77.65	85.01
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)			11,161	10,867	9,843	10,976	11,697	12,478
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	8,427	8,912	9,029	9,949	10,517	10,518	10,519
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	26,057	27,034	25,391	28,883	30,464	31,504	32,304	33,153

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	8,348	9,533	9,240	9,152	9,068	9,206	4,511
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	0.89	0.67	0.65	0.62	0.72	0.94	2.83
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	736.0	688.0	638.0	616.0	600.0	472.0	1,087	2,611
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	6,113	3,765	4,673	4,038	4,803	6,017	5,265
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	3.8	3.5	3.6	4.0	4.1	3.9		4.8
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	3.7	3.5	3.8	4.3	4.4	4.2		5.1

Transport

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Paved Road (% of total) (%)	15.0
Total length of railways (kilometre)

Information society

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	11.5	13.8	16.1	19.1	21.0	24.5	25.7	27.7
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	87,297,789	95,167,308	112,777,785	127,246,092	138,960,320	150,830,089	154,342,168	144,920,170
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	55.1	58.4	67.4	74.1	78.8	83.3	83.0	75.9

International trade

International Road Federation, World Bank

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Deposit rate (%) (%)	6.5	5.7	8.4	8.0	9.3	9.2
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	150.30	153.86	157.50	157.31	158.55	192.44
Interest rate - Lending (%)	17.6	16.0	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.9

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	1.5	0.5	1.3	0.5	5.3	2.9	6.3	6.8
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - Per capita (US dollars)	12.94	11.11	11.45	14.64	14.05	13.42	13.43	17.6
Net ODA - US dollars (millions)	2,052	1,810	1,916	2,516	2,479	2,432	2,498	3,359
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	9.6	17.6	17.7	18.6	17.5	20.3	23.4	25.3	28.4	30.1

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Capital Account net - US dollars (billions)
Compensation of employees - US dollars (millions)	166.6	180.5	180.5	189.7	198.2	222.1	191.1	234.9
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	3.6	2.6	3.8	3.7	0.2	-3.2	0.7	2.5
Current account balance - US dollars (millions)	13,111	10,668	17,374	19,049	912.7	-16,019.2	2,714	10,381
Errors and omissions - US dollars (millions)	-14,913.7	-5,264.9	-4,998.5	-26,734.9	-14,291.0
Financial Account net - US dollars (millions)	-1,802.4	5,404	12,376	-7,685.9	-13,022.7
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	6,099	8,915	7,127	5,608	4,694	3,064	4,449	3,503
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	60,327	69,242	76,369	81,977	86,671	89,735	94,184
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	922.7	823.6	1,543	1,238	1,614	1,435	1,305	1,286
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	5,041	5,865	7,407	8,645	10,259	11,694	12,999
Portfolio Investment (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-2,586.4	-3,540.3	-14,992.5	-10,321.0	-1,828.7
Primary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-19,440.0	-22,782.2	-22,085.5	-25,520.6	-18,989.6	-13,048.9	-8,608.8	-11,492.2
Secondary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	20,705	21,807	21,810	21,805	21,728	20,672	19,869	21,959
Services Balance - US dollars (millions)	-18,251.9	-21,184.4	-21,540.8	-19,406.7	-22,710.6	-16,921.2	-8,008.3	-13,212.3
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)					6.0
Trade balance - US dollars (millions)	30,098	32,828	39,190	42,172	20,885	-6,720.8	-538.1	13,126
Workers remittances (Net) - US dollars (millions)	19,549	20,404	20,338	20,580	20,594

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Bank

Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)	85,221	88,026
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)	0.10	0.10
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	368.40	402.30	453.40	334.50
Emissions of carbon dioxide - metric tons (millions)	55.8	60.7	63.3	61.8	60.2
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)	141.0	138.0
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)						7.7
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)	9.9
Land area covered by forest (%)	9.9
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)	14.1		14.1

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