Nigeria in Overview

Languges

English(official), Hausa, Yoruba,Ibo,Fulani



Literacy

Age 15 and over can read and write (1995est.)
Total population:58% (mics)1999
Male:61.2%
Female:45%

Transportation

Railways:

·    Total: 3,557 km
·    Narrow guage:3,505km, 1067-mgaugastandard guage:52km
·    1,435-m gauge.



Highways:

·    Total:194,394 km
·    Paved: mostly bituminous surface treatment 60,068 km (including 1,194km of expressway)
·    Unpaved: grand, crushed stone improved earth 134,326 km;(1998est.)



Waterways:

8575km consisting of Niger and Benue and smaller rivers and creeks.



Pipelines:

Crude oil 2,042km
Petroleum products 3,000km;
Natural gas 500km



Ports And Harbours:

Calabar, Lagos,Onne, port- Harcourt, Sapele, Warri.



Merchant Marine

Total: 41 ships

Ship by type: bulk 1, cargo 10, chemical tanker 4, petroleum tanker 24, specialized tanker 24, specialized tanker 1, roll /on roll off1 (2000est.)

Airports:

Total: 70 (2000est.)
With paved runways:34

Helicopters:1(2000est.)

Economy

National product.

GDP Purchasing power parity $117 billion (2001 est.)
GDP-Real growth rate:3.5%(2000est.)
GDP- per capital: purchasing power
Parity- $950(2000est.)

Population below poverty lines: 67.1%(1999est.)

Inflation rate
(consumer prices):13.8%
(2003 fos)

Labour Force: 66 million (1999est.)
Unemployment rate: 28%(1992 est.)

Budget:

Revenues: $3.4 billion
Expenditures: $3.6 billion including capital expenditures of $NA (2000est.)
Exports:
$22.2 billion (f.o.b2000)
Commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 95% cocoa, rubber partners: US 36%, spain8%,India 9%, france 6%,Brazil 6% (1999est.)

Imports: $10.7 billion(f.o.b2000)

Import commodities:
Machinery,chemicals, transportastion equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals.
Partners:
UK 11%, us 9% , Germany10%, France 8%, china 6% (1999est.)

External debt: $32 billion (2000est.)

Electricity:

·    Production:18.7 billion kWh (1999)
·    Consumption 17.372 billion kWh (1999)
·    Exports 19 million kWh (1999)
·    Imports 0 million kWh (1999)

Electricity production by source:

·    Fossil fuel:52.94%
·   Hydro: 47.06%
·    Nuclear: 0%
·    Other: ) % (1999est.)

Infrastructure

·    Communications
·    Transportation

Industries:

Crude oil,coal,tin,columbite, palm oil, peanuts,cotton,rubber,wood,hidesand skins,textile,cement,and other construction materials, food products,footwear,chemicals,fertilizer,printing,ceramics,steel

Manufacturing industries:

Textiles,cement,building materials, food products,footwear,chemicals, fertilizer.

Agriculture

Cash crops- cocoa,peanuts, palm oil, rubber,food crops,-corn,rice,sorghum,millet,cassava,yams,livestock,cattle,sheep,goats,pigs,fishing,forestry, resources extensively exploited: see also foods and foodstuff in Nigeria
Economic reciepient :$39.2million (1995)

Currency:

1 Naira (=N=) =100kobo

Exchange rates:

Naira( =N=) per US $1-121
(February 2001)

Fiscal Year :Calendar year

Communication:

Telephone(main): 500,000 (2000est.)
Mobile: 750,000(2001est.)

Political & Government

Names:

Conventional long form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
Conventional short form: Nigeria: Nigeria
Data code:NIG
Flag: three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and Green.

Capital:Abuja
Administrative Divisions: 36 states and 1 Teritory
Independence: 1st October 1960(from UK)