Nigeria, year by year

Every index this site holds for Nigeria, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 2003

0.449 → 0.548 (+0.099)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 20 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth49.5 → 54.6 (+5.1)

Internet users6 → 41 (+36)

Urban population48 → 64 (+15)

Births per woman6.06 → 4.38 (-1.68)

Renewable share of energy84 → 80 (-4)

Access to electricity47 → 63 (+16)

Infant mortality80 → 70 (-10)

CO2 emissions per person0.7 → 0.6 (-0.1)

Forest area27 → 23 (-3)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	45.7	—	—	6.46	88	27	105	0.8	29.1	—	—
1991	—	45.5	—	36	6.43	87	35	105	0.8	28.9	—	—
1992	—	45.6	—	37	6.39	85	36	105	0.9	28.8	—	—
1993	—	45.8	—	38	6.35	86	37	105	0.8	28.6	—	—
1994	—	45.8	—	38	6.32	89	38	105	0.8	28.4	—	—
1995	—	45.9	—	39	6.27	88	39	104	0.8	28.2	—	—
1996	—	45.8	0	40	6.22	87	40	103	0.9	28.1	—	—
1997	—	46.0	0	41	6.14	86	40	102	0.9	27.9	—	—
1998	—	46.1	0	42	6.07	87	41	100	0.8	27.7	—	—
1999	—	46.6	0	42	6.08	87	45	98	0.7	27.5	—	—
2000	—	47.1	0	43	6.12	86	43	95	0.8	27.3	—	—
2001	—	47.5	0	44	6.13	85	44	92	0.8	27.1	—	—
2002	—	48.0	0	45	6.12	85	45	89	0.7	27.0	—	—
2003	0.449	48.6	1	46	6.10	83	52	86	0.8	26.8	—	—
2004	0.461	49.1	1	47	6.09	84	46	83	0.7	26.6	—	—
2005	0.468	49.5	4	48	6.06	84	47	80	0.7	26.4	—	—
2006	0.475	49.9	6	48	6.05	86	48	78	0.6	26.3	1600	4975
2007	0.479	50.4	7	49	6.03	87	50	76	0.6	26.1	1816	5298
2008	0.482	50.8	8	50	6.02	86	50	74	0.6	25.9	2154	5607
2009	0.486	51.1	9	51	5.99	88	50	72	0.5	25.7	1820	5927
2010	0.488	51.3	12	52	5.95	86	48	71	0.6	25.5	2202	6301
2011	0.494	51.5	14	52	5.89	84	56	70	0.6	25.4	2418	6585
2012	0.499	51.7	16	53	5.80	84	53	69	0.6	25.2	2633	6671
2013	0.504	51.8	19	54	5.69	81	56	69	0.6	25.0	2873	7004
2014	0.513	51.9	21	55	5.62	80	54	68	0.7	24.8	3089	7396
2015	0.520	51.9	23	56	5.50	81	53	68	0.6	24.6	2586	7308
2016	0.526	52.2	24	57	5.34	81	59	68	0.6	24.5	2070	7072
2017	0.528	52.4	26	57	5.18	82	54	68	0.6	24.3	1876	7037
2018	0.530	52.7	28	58	5.02	81	57	69	0.6	24.1	2058	7158
2019	0.537	53.0	30	59	4.86	80	55	69	0.6	23.9	3190	7551
2020	0.539	53.1	32	60	4.70	82	55	70	0.6	23.8	2797	7415
2021	0.542	53.5	36	61	4.64	80	60	70	0.6	23.6	2787	7588
2022	0.548	54.1	39	61	4.55	—	61	70	0.6	23.4	2899	8304
2023	—	54.5	40	62	4.48	—	61	70	0.6	23.2	2139	8712
2024	—	54.6	41	63	4.38	—	63	70	0.6	—	1084	9100
2025	—	—	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	1224	9532
Profile shows	0.548	54.6	41	64	4.38	80	—	—	0.6	23.2	1224	9532

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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