Development · Western Africa

Nigeria Human Development Index

0.56as of 2023Modelled+0.5% vs 2022

UNDP composite index of life expectancy, education and income on a 0-1 scale (higher is better). Source: UNDP Human Development Report. Retrieved 26 Jun 2026.

Trend

2000 – 2023 · UNDP

History

most recent 12 periods · UNDP
PeriodHuman Development Index
20230.56
20220.557
20210.554
20200.547
20190.544
20180.537
20170.534
20160.532
20150.53
20140.524
20130.517
20120.512

Human Development Index across Africa

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CountryHuman Development IndexPeriod
Kenya0.6282023
South Africa0.7412023
Egypt0.7542023
Ghana0.6282023
Ethiopia0.4972023
Tanzania0.5552023

Human Development Index in every African country

54 countries carry a recent Human Development Index figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.

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Every indicator we hold for Nigeria

164 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Nigeria, grouped by topic.

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