🇳🇬 Nigeria vs 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
Three centuries of comparative human progress from 1800 to the 2020s and projections through 2100. Sources: UN WPP, World Bank, Maddison Project.
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Nigeria
Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
71.2/100
Leads in 12 dimensions
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Afghanistan
Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
74.0/100
Leads in 11 dimensions
Full 25-Dimension Head-to-Head Comparison (2020s)
Every tracked demographic, economic, healthcare, and educational metric between Nigeria and Afghanistan.
| Dimension | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Leader | Historical Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Expectancy at Birth years | 53.9 | 64.0 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) intl-$ | 7,831.2 | 2,168.8 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Child Mortality (under 5) per 1,000 births | 117.0 | 56.8 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Years of Schooling years | 6.7 | 6.5 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Children per Woman births | 4.6 | 4.9 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Living in Cities % | 61.8 | 25.5 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Internet Access % | 37.6 | 16.3 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Electricity at Home % | 59.8 | 90.8 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Homicide Rate per 100,000 | 15.7 | 5.3 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Annual Working Hours hours/year | 1,900.0 | 2,250.0 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Average Male Height cm | 167.0 | 165.0 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Extreme Poverty % | 41.8 | 10.0 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Suicide Rate per 100,000 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Infant Mortality per 1,000 births | 69.9 | 51.6 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Female Life Expectancy years | 54.2 | 66.3 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Male Life Expectancy years | 53.6 | 61.7 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Alcohol Consumption liters/year | 3.8 | 0.0 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Global map → |
| Population 65+ % | 3.0 | 2.4 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Adult Overweight % | 33.7 | 47.0 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Basic Drinking Water Access % | 79.4 | 76.7 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Physicians per 1,000 people | 0.4 | 0.3 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Electricity Use per Person kWh/year | 144.9 | — | Tied | Global map → |
| Adult Literacy % | 66.8 | 36.6 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Smoking Prevalence % | 3.3 | 22.8 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | Global map → |
| Primary School Completion % | — | 90.3 | Tied | Global map → |
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