Introduction

General Information

Location:	Africa Map of Nigeria
Status:	UN Member Country
Capital City:	Abuja
Main Cities:	Lagos, Ibadan, Ogbomosho, Kano, Port Harcourt
Population:	123,079,000
Area:	923,770 km2
Currency:	1 Nigerian naira = http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Languages:	English, Yoruba, Hausa, Ibo
Religions:	Muslim, Christian

Poverty indicators

Number of rural poor (million, approximate) (2010)	50,739,143.0
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population) (2004)	63.8
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) (2004)	54.7
Income share held by lowest 20% (2004)	5.1

Education

School enrollment, primary (% gross) (2010)	83.3
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) (2009)	60.8

Agriculture and Food

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) (2010)	10.2
Food production index (1999-2001 = 100) (2009)	135.0
Crop production index (1999-2001 = 100) (2009)	134.0
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) (2009)	1,598.4
Fertilizer consumption (100 grams per hectare of arable land) (2008)	13.3

Environment

Land area (sq. km) (2010)	910,770.0
Forest area (% of land area) (2010)	9.9
Arable land (% of land area) (2009)	37.3
Irrigated land (% of cropland)	0.0

Economic Indicators

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2010)	1,180.0
GDP (current US$) (2010)	193,669,000,000.0
GDP per capita growth (annual %) (2010)	5.2
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) (2010)	13.7
Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) (2007)	32.7
Industry, value added (% of GDP) (2007)	40.7
Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) (2006)	2.6
Services, etc., value added (% of GDP) (2007)	26.6

Local News:

http://www.punchng.com/

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/

References:

www.flags.net/NGRA.htm

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/country/statistics/tags/nigeria

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/