Compare Nigeria with the other five countries.
EIU classifies Nigeria as a hybrid regime. Its score is below the 2024 global average of 5.17. The index combines five dimensions of democratic practice.
Economist Intelligence Unit0–4 Authoritarian4–6 Hybrid6–8 Flawed democracy8–10 Full democracy
score / 10
Freedom House rates Nigeria Partly Free. Higher scores indicate stronger political rights and civil liberties.
Freedom House · Freedom House · Freedom House · Freedom House · Freedom House · Freedom HousePolitical rights and civil liberties · 0–100
Measures perceived public-sector corruption. Higher scores indicate lower perceived corruption.
Transparency Internationalscore / 100
UNDP’s index combines health, education and income to measure human development.
United Nations Development ProgrammeZero baseline · HDI / 1
Total economic output divided by population, valued in US dollars at current exchange rates.
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Population estimates, rounded. China is rounded to 1.41 billion in the country display.
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Period life expectancy, rounded to whole years as displayed by the World Bank.
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Nominal output; exchange rates affect this comparison. Country-page figures are rounded.
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Each indicator shows its own year, unit and definition.
Nigeria joined the United Nations in 1960, became a founding member of ECOWAS in 1975, and joined OPEC in 1971. These memberships link global diplomacy, West African cooperation and petroleum policy.
United Nations in Nigeria · Economic Community of West African States · Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries