Resources For

Data and Statistics

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Nigeria: Quick Facts

For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Nigeria Country Data Profile . Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data
	Millennium Development Goals for Nigeria : Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
	Nigeria Country Data Profile
	Nigeria-at-a-Glance (PDF)

Data by Topic
	Doing Business in Nigeria: Summaries of the cost of doing business in Nigeria, based on an assessment of regulations or practices that enhance or constrain business investment, productivity, and growth.
	Gender Statistics: A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
	Summary Gender Profile
	Health Nutrition Population Statistics: A summary of indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance
	Education Statistics: A variety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.

Debt
	National External Debt: Total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank).
	World Bank Debt Service: Debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.

Poverty Data
	Africa Development Indicators: Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
	World Development Indicators: Information and selected samples from the WDI 2004 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
	Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Nigeria

African Development Bank
	Statistics from the African Development Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
	World Economic Outlook Databases: Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Nigeria.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
	Human Development Indicators in Nigeria: Shows Nigeria's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)
	UNAIDS/WHO

World Health Organization (WHO)

U.S. Energy Information Administration: Country information on Nigeria energy and energy- related data and country analysis.

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