| Attribute | Data | Year | intern. Ranking | Data source |
|---|
| Geography |
|---|
 Area (sq km) | 580,367 | 2015 | 49 | |
| Coastline (km) | 536 | 2017 | 99 | |
| Human Development Index |
|---|
| Human Development Index | 0.55 | 2015 | 146 | |
| HDI rank | 146 | 2015 | 43 | |
| GNI per capita rank minus HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | 10 | 2011 | 67 | |
| HDI rank (2011 PPP $) | 147 | 2011 | 42 | |
| Population |
|---|
| Total population | 46,050,300 | 2015 | 30 | |
| Population in 2030 | 65,411,900 | 2015 | 25 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2000/2005 | 2.58 | 2015 | 41 | |
| Average annual growth (%) 2010/2015 | 2.65 | 2015 | 30 | |
| Urban population (%) 2015 | 25.62 | 2015 | 174 | |
| Population under age 5 | 7,166,000 | 2015 | 18 | |
| Population Age 15-64 | 25,462,000 | 2015 | 34 | |
| Population age 65 and older | 1,291,000 | 2015 | 60 | |
| Median age (years) | 18.93 | 2015 | 154 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Young age (0-14) | 75.80 | 2015 | 30 | |
| (per 100 people ages 15-64) Old age (65 and older) 2015 | 5.07 | 2015 | 162 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2000/2005 | 5.00 | 2015 | 41 | |
| Total fertility rate (births per woman) 2010/2015 | 4.44 | 2015 | 37 | |
| Mother s mean age at first birth | 19.80 | 2010 | 114 | |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) | 45.50 | 2005 | 97 | |
| Birth registration (% under age 5) 2010-2015 | 67.00 | 2015 | 132 | |
| Health |
|---|
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 62.16 | 2015 | 160 | |
| Child malnutrition Stunting (moderate or severe) 2010-2015 | 26.00 | 2015 | 55 | |
| Mortality rates Infant 2015 per 1000 | 35.50 | 2015 | 49 | |
| Mortality rates Under-five per 1000 | 49.40 | 2015 | 46 | |
| Life expectancy at age 60 2010/2015 | 17.79 | 2015 | 121 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 live births) | 510 | 2015 | 19 | |
| Physicians 2001-2014 per 1.0000 | 1.98 | 2014 | 147 | |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 1.40 | 2010 | 137 | |
| Deaths due to Malaria 2012 per 100.000 | 50 | 2012 | 32 | |
| Deaths due to Tuberculosis per 100.000 | 21.00 | 2014 | 41 | |
| Deaths due to HIV prevalence, adult 2015 per 100.000 | 5.90 | 2015 | 11 | |
| Infants lacking immunization DTP 2014 | 12.00 | 2014 | 34 | |
| Infants lacking immunization Measles 2014 | 21.00 | 2014 | 36 | |
| Public health expenditure 2014 % of GDB | 3.50 | 2014 | 99 | |
| Depth of food deficit (kilocalories per person per day) (%) 2013/2015 | 136.00 | 2015 | 31 | |
| Education |
|---|
| Expected years of schooling (years) | 11.08 | 2015 | 142 | |
| Mean years of schooling (years) | 6.31 | 2015 | 132 | |
| Literacy rate Adult (% ages 15 and older) 2005-2015 | 77.97 | 2015 | 107 | |
| Literacy rate Youth (% ages 15-24) Female 2005-2015 | 86.59 | 2015 | 114 | |
| Literacy rate Youth (% ages 15-24) Male 2005-2015 | 85.21 | 2015 | 119 | |
| Pupil-teacher ratio, primary school (number of pupils per teacher) 2010-201 | 56.57 | 2014 | 6 | |
| Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) 2010-2014 | 5.51 | 2014 | 43 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (% ages 25 and older) 200 | 32.03 | 2015 | 132 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Pre-primary (% of preschool-age children) 2010-2015 | 73.80 | 2015 | 76 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary (% of primary school-age population) 2010-201 | 111.40 | 2015 | 41 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Secondary (% of secondary school-age population) 2010 | 67.64 | 2015 | 125 | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Tertiary (% of tertiary school-age population) 2010-2 | --- | 2015 | | |
| Gross enrolment ratio Primary school dropout rate (% of primary school coho | --- | 2015 | | |
| Primary school teachers trained to teach (%) 2005-2015 | 96.81 | 2015 | 33 | |
| Economy |
|---|
| Gross national income (GNI) per capita (2011 PPP $) | 2,880.74 | 2015 | 156 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 1,800.00 | 2013 | 193 | |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 2,901.01 | 2011 | 149 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 79,900,000,000.00 | 2013 | 81 | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity, $) | 133.59 | 2011 | 72 | |
| GDP - real growth rate (%) | 5.10 | 2013 | 53 | |
| Exports in US-Dollar | 6,580,000,000.00 | 2013 | 105 | |
| Imports in US-Dollar | 15,860,000,000.00 | 2013 | 85 | |
| External Debt in US-Dollar | 11,960,000,000.00 | 2013 | 95 | |
| External debt stock (% of GNI) 2005-2014 | 26.69 | 2013 | 79 | |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%) | 5.80 | 2013 | 57 | |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 5.10 | 2013 | 55 | |
| Current account balance | 0.00 | 2013 | 164 | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 5,541,000,000.00 | 2013 | 90 | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment - at home | 3,273,000,000.00 | 2013 | 95 | |
| Market value of publicly traded shares | --- | 2011 | | |
| Budget surplus/deficit (% of GDP) | -4.10 | 2013 | 150 | |
| Total tax revenue (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 15.88 | 2014 | 71 | |
| Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 40.89 | 2014 | 14 | |
| Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) 2005-2014 | 0.79 | 2014 | 43 | |
| Domestic credit provided by financial sector (% of GDP) 2010-2015 | 45.20 | 2015 | 108 | |
| Total debt service (% of GNI) 2014 | 2.03 | 2014 | 71 | |
| Employment |
|---|
| Labor force | 19,670,000 | 2013 | 30 | |
| Employment to population ratio 2015 | 60.91 | 2015 | 68 | |
| Labour force participation rate 2015 | 67.09 | 2015 | 62 | |
| Employment in agriculture 2010-2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Employment in services 2010-2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Unemployment Total 2015 | 9.21 | 2015 | 69 | |
| Unemployment Youth 2015 | 17.63 | 2015 | 74 | |
| Youth not in school or employment 2010-2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Vulnerable employment 2005-2014 | --- | 2014 | | |
| Child labour 2009-2015 (% ages 5-14) | 26.00 | 2015 | 25 | |
| Working poor at PPP$3.10 a day 2004-2013 | --- | 2013 | | |
| Mandatory paid maternity leave 2015 (days) | 90 | 2015 | 109 | |
| Old-age pension recipients 2004-2013 (% of statutory pension age population | 7.90 | 2013 | 147 | |
| Income quintile ratio Average annual change (%) 2000/2014 | 1.30 | 2015 | 18 | |
| Traffic |
|---|
| Airports | 197.00 | 2016 | 28 | |
| Roadways (km) | 160,878.00 | 2010 | 30 | |
| Railways (km) | 2,066 | 2008 | 71 | |
| Waterways (km) | --- | 2015 | | |
| Military |
|---|
| Military expenditures (% of GDP) | 1.96 | 2013 | 41 | |
| Agriculture |
|---|
| Irrigated land (sq km) | 1,032.00 | 2008 | 93 | |
| Communication |
|---|
| Telephones - main lines in use | 251,600 | 2012 | 123 | |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 30,732,000 | 2012 | 33 | |
| Internet users | 3,996,000 | 2009 | 59 | |
| Nature and Environment |
|---|
| Carbon dioxide emissions per capita (tonnes) | 0.30 | 2013 | 165 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy (Mt) | 12,620,000 | 2011 | 94 | |
| Carbon dioxide emissions - Average annual change (%) 1990/2013 | 0.89 | 2015 | 93 | |
| Total renewable water resources (cu km) | 30.70 | 2011 | 108 | |
| Fresh water withdrawals (% of total renewable water resources) 2005-2014 | 10.48 | 2015 | 57 | |
| Natural resource depletion (% of GNI) 2010-2014 | 2.81 | 2014 | 87 | |
| Forest area (% of total land area) | 7.75 | 2015 | 154 | |
| Forest area change (%) 1990-2015 | -6.58 | 2015 | 130 | |
| Energy |
|---|
| Electricity - production (kWh) | 7,330,000,000 | 2011 | 104 | |
| Electricity - consumption (kWh) | 6,150,000,000 | 2010 | 105 | |
| Electricity - imports (kWh) | 31,000,000 | 2012 | 101 | |
| Electricity - installed generating capacity (kW) | 1,698,000 | 2010 | 110 | |
| Electricity - from fossil fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 41.90 | 2010 | 167 | |
| Electricity - from hydroelectric plants (% of total installed capacity) | 44.80 | 2010 | 52 | |
| Electricity - from nuclear fuels (% of total installed capacity) | 0.00 | 2010 | 166 | |
| Electricity - from other renewable sources (% of total installed capacity) | 13.30 | 2010 | 16 | |
| Industry and Production |
|---|
| Crude oil - production (bbl/day) | 0 | 2012 | 180 | |
| Crude oil - exports (bbl/day) | 0 | 2010 | 135 | |
| Crude oil - imports (bbl/day) | 31,040 | 2010 | 112 | |
| Crude oil - proved reserves (bbl) | 0 | 2010 | 145 | |
| Refined petroleum products - production (bbl/day) | 32,240 | 2011 | 134 | |
| Refined petroleum products - consumption (bbl/day) | 79,410 | 2011 | 134 | |
| Natural gas - production (cu m) | 0 | 2011 | 145 | |
| Natural gas - consumption (cu m) | 0 | 2010 | 208 | |
| Natural gas - exports (cu m) | 0 | 2011 | 124 | |
| Natural gas - imports (cu m) | 0 | 2011 | 208 | |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cu m) | 0 | 2013 | 151 | |
| Prices |
|---|
| Consumer price index (2010=100) 2015 | 150.19 | 2015 | 23 | |
| Domestic food price level (USA = 1.0) 2010-2014 | 5.84 | 2014 | 44 | |
| Domestic food price level Volatility index 2010-2014 | 6.00 | 2014 | 86 | |
| Human security |
|---|
| Refugees by country of origin | 7,905 | 2015 | 56 | |
| Internally displaced persons | 309,000 | 2015 | 21 | |
| Homeless people due to natural disaster (average annual per million people) | 11.23 | 2015 | 96 | |
| Orphaned children | 2,000,000 | 2014 | 7 | |
| Prison population (per 100,000 people) 2004-2015 | 118 | 2015 | 107 | |
| Homicide rate (per 100,000 people) 2010-2014 | 5.90 | 2014 | 77 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Female 2012 | 8.40 | 2012 | 30 | |
| Suicide rate (per 100,000 people) Male 2012 | 24 | 2012 | 26 | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Intimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | 41.20 | 2015 | 20 | |
| Violence against women ever experienced Nonintimate partner (%) 2005-2015 | 3.50 | 2015 | 37 | |
| Safety Index (Numbeo) | 35.61 | 2017 | 95 | |
| Human securiy |
|---|
| Crime Index (Numbeo) | 64.39 | 2017 | 16 | |
| Gender gap |
|---|
| Sex ratio at birth (male to female births) | 1.03 | 2015 | 163 | |
| Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) | 90.88 | 2015 | 28 | |
| Pre-primary (% of pre-school age female population) | 72.70 | 2015 | 77 | |
| Primary (% of primary school-age female population) | 111.58 | 2015 | 32 | |
| Secondary (% of secondary school age female population) | 65.17 | 2015 | 124 | |
| Youth unemployment rate (female to male ratio) | 1.03 | 2015 | 114 | |
| Population with at least some secondary education (female to male ratio) 2005-2015 | 0.82 | 2015 | 121 | |
| Total unempoyment rate (female to male ratio) | 1.35 | 2015 | 60 | |
| Share of paid employment in non-agriculture, female (% of total paid employment in non-agriculture) | 35.70 | 2015 | 90 | |
| Female legislators, senior officials and managers (% of total) | --- | 2014 | | |
| Share of seats in parliament (% held by women) | 20.81 | 2015 | 81 | |
| Life expectancy at age 50, female (years) | 26.31 | 2015 | 134 | |
| Old-age pension recipients (female to male ratio) 2006-2013 | --- | 2013 | | |
| Gender Inequality Index - Average annual change (%) 2005/2015 | -1.26 | 2015 | 59 | |
| Poverty and Inequality |
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| Population in multidimensional poverty - Average annual change (%) 2005/2014 | -5.60 | 2014 | 43 | |
| Coefficient of human inequality | 29.38 | 2015 | 39 | |
| Inequality in life expectancy (%) 2010–2015 | 32.10 | 2015 | 31 | |
| Inequality in education (%) | 22.90 | 2015 | 62 | |
| Inequality in income (%) | 33.15 | 2015 | 28 | |
| Income inequality Quintile ratio 2010-2015 | 11.56 | 2015 | 22 | |
| Income inequality Palma ratio 2010-2015 | 2.91 | 2015 | 21 | |
| Income inequality Gini coefficient (UN) 2010-2015 | 48.51 | 2015 | 20 | |
| Distribution of family income - Gini index (CIA) | 42.50 | 2010 | 48 | |
| GINI index (World Bank) | --- | 2016 | | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | --- | 2017 | | |
| Income share held by highest (richest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | --- | 2017 | | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 10% (Average 2010-2016) | --- | 2017 | | |
| Income share held by lowest (poorest) 20% (Average 2010-2016) | --- | 2017 | | |
| Income share held by third 20% (Average 2010-2016) | --- | 2017 | | |
| Number of poor at $1,90 a day in PPP | --- | 2011 | | |
| Number of poor at $3,20 a day in PPP | --- | 2011 | | |
| Number of poor at $5,50 a day in PPP | --- | 2011 | | |
| Social values |
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| Old-age ages 65 and older dependency ratio (per 100 people ages 15-64) 2030 | 6.10 | 2015 | 156 | |
| Languages and ethnic groups |
|---|
| Ethnic Fractionalization Index (Fearon) | 0.85 | 2016 | 12 | |
| Cultural Diversity Index (Fearon) | 0.60 | 2016 | 15 | |
| Ethnic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.86 | 2003 | 8 | |
| Linguistic Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.89 | 2003 | 6 | |
| Religious Fractionalization (Alesina) | 0.78 | 2003 | 13 | |
