International Rankings of Nigeria 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Nigeria, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Nigeria, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1.00	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	128	83360	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	146	42.00 %	2018
Internet users - total	9	85.450 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1.00	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	134	107154	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	157	88.47	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	9	184.592 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	73	19.540 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	80	12.920 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	47	1.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	24	10.380 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	89	26.847 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	55	62	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	103	57	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	62	86	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	145	29	2020
Exports	67	34.545 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	28	475.062 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	167	11.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	131	5.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	39	80.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	8	13.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	117	14.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	40	21.10 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	105	22.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	113	56.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	77	35 %	2018
Gross national saving	66	23	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	23	38.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	33	1.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	69	32.670 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	65	2.20 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	17	11.30 %	2019
Labor force	11	60.080 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	107	10 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	151	20 %	1999
Population below poverty line	38	40 %	2018
Public debt	157	21.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	23	1.032 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	115	0.80 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	168	5136 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	45	38.770 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	166	3.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	32	16.50 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	43	104.000 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	7	2.096 million	2015
Crude oil - production	12	1.989 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	11	37.450 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	70	24.720 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	19	80	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	51	19	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	59	10.520 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	67	29.350 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	42	17.240 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	14	27.210 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	19	44.480 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	8	5.475 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	42	325000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	102	2332 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	32	223400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	83	35010 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	34	120 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	8	144 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	17	49 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	7	78	2018
Land use - arable land	19	37	2018
Land use - forest	147	10	2018
Land use - other	148	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	39	7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	41	33	2018
Revenue from forest resources	49	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	33	286.200 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	51	5.510 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	39	1.965 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	20	5.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	18	3.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	120	53	2021
Geography
Area - land	33	910768 sq km	N/A
Area - total	34	923768 sq km	N/A
Area - water	39	13000 sq km	N/A
Coastline	88	853 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	78	2419 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	91	380 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	69	2930 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	42	4477 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	7	78	2018
Land use - arable land	19	37	2018
Land use - forest	147	10	2018
Land use - other	148	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	39	7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	41	33	2018
Total renewable water resources	33	286.200 billion	2017
Population Density	50	240.97 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	65	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	21	20.27	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	188	30.60	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	182	4.13	N/A
Birth rate	17	34.38 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	121	16.60 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	71	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	53	8.89 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	121	5.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	20	19.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	15	86.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	16	80.90 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	48	93 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	25	36 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	26	22 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	20	7 % of population	N/A
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	25	1.30	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	4	49000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	5	1.700 million	2020
Infant mortality rate - female	13	52.46 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	15	63.67 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	13	58.23 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	188	63 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	191	59 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	189	61 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	3	917.00	2017
Median age - female	149	19 years	2020
Median age - male	138	18 years	N/A
Median age - total	139	19 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	69	20	2018
Net migration rate	84	0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	108	8.90 %	2016
Physicians density	127	0.38 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	6	219.464 million	2021
Population growth rate	17	2.53 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	80	80 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	32	61 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	31	40 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	26	20 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	14	8 years	2011
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	12	9 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	13	9 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.96	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	15	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	13	4.67 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	69	18	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	56	18	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	62	18	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	18	3.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	120	53	2021
Transportation
Airports	75	54	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	35	9	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	27	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	17	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	42	40	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	32	3	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	49	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	83	14	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	64	3	2013
Heliports	21	5	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	77	19.420 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	48	8.169 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	46	104.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	15	13	2020
Railways - total	45	3798 km	2014
Roadways - paved	38	60000 km	2017
Roadways - total	27	195000 km	2017
Waterways	14	8600 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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