International Rankings of Nigeria 2023, 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	62	0.03	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	138	65313	2020
Internet users - percent of population	64	55.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	9	115.500 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	134	106385	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	68	91.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	10	195.128 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	51	1.00 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	1	59.00 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	57	59.868 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	61	37.298 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	47	1.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	151	1.849 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	89	26.847 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	35	358.81	N/A
Exports	64	50.856 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	29	475.062 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	171	11.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	132	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	119	14.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	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	106	22.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	120	56.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	77	35 %	2018
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	57	66.107 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	152	0.47 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	17	16.95 %	2021
Labor force	12	65.116 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	111	10 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	156	20 %	1999
Population below poverty line	39	40 %	2018
Public debt	171	21.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	26	1.050 trillion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	122	3.65 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	147	4900 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	54	36.730 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	205	3.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	69	9.79 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	83	19.40	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	64	19.80	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	68	19.60	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	106	231000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	39	36.856 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	35	67.406 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	41	104.494 million	2019
Coal - consumption	101	85000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	55	12000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	90	77000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	44000 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	47	344.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	70	24.611 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	58	11.691 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	47	4.713 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	56	0.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	59	78.10 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	79	21.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	159	8.466 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	37	18.788 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	11	27.509 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	17	46.297 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	9	5.761 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	8	1.889 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	11	36.890 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	35	483100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	15	1.647 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	104	2332 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	33	223400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	85	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	149	10	2018
Land use - other	151	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	39	7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	42	33	2018
Revenue from forest resources	51	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	35	286.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	49	5.510 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	37	1.970 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	22	5.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	19	3.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	110	54	2023
Geography
Area - land	33	910768 sq km	N/A
Area - total	35	923768 sq km	N/A
Area - water	41	13000 sq km	N/A
Coastline	90	853 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	86	2419 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	92	380 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	70	2930 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	44	4477 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	7	78	2018
Land use - arable land	19	37	2018
Land use - forest	149	10	2018
Land use - other	151	13	2018
Land use - permanent crops	39	7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	42	33	2018
Population Density	54	253.46 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	48	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	113	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	8	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	80	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	18	34.00 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	22	18 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	121	16.60 %	2018
Current health expenditure	81	3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	28	66 %	2023
Death rate	67	8.52 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	139	5.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	26	18.00 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	14	86.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	13	80.60 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	38	95 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	28	31 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	28	17 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	27	5 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	72	1 % of GDP	2013
Gross reproduction rate	14	2.22 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	13	49.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	15	60.43 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	14	55.17 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	195	64 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	201	60 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	195	62 years	N/A
Literacy - female	105	53 %	2018
Literacy - male	79	71 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	92	62 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	3	1047.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	153	19 years	2020
Median age - male	143	18 years	N/A
Median age - total	144	19 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	72	20	2018
Net migration rate	90	0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	109	8.90 %	2016
Physicians density	135	0.38 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	7	230.843 million	2023
Population growth rate	18	2.53 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	69	82 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	32	59 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	38	38 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	26	18 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.88 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	108	1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	138	7 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	127	4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	15	4.57 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	19	3.92	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	110	54	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	83	19.40	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	64	19.80	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	68	19.60	N/A
Transportation
Airports	77	54	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways	85	14	N/A
Heliports	21	5	2021
Merchant marine - total	28	832	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	78	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
Roadways - paved	38	60000 km	2017
Roadways - total	27	195000 km	2017
Waterways	17	8600 km	2011

*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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