Useful sources about Africa

A data hub containing a collection of databases, charts and interactive tables of most commonly used statistics on energy in Nigeria.

A plan with targets to increase wind, bioenergy, biomass for power, solar, solar photovoltaic, hydropower and multiple renewable energy sources, by the International Energy Agency.

Data on barrels of crude oil produced, oil and gas production and drilling development in Nigeria. It is available to download in PDF from the National Bureau of Statistics and contains data for 2012 to 2016.

The average price paid by consumers for automotive gas oil (diesel), by the National Bureau of Statistics. The data is for 2017 and can be downloaded in PDF format.

The average price paid by consumers for premium motor spirit (petrol). Data is from the National Bureau of Statistics for April 2018.

Water supply data from the World Health Organisation and UNICEF covering indicators such as piped and non-piped water, as well as water free from contamination and accessible on premises.

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics is the official source of internationally comparable population data. Country data for Nigeria can be accessed on the portal.

The National Bureau of Statistics held its last national population census in 2006. The report is available in PDF. The data can also be viewed in dashboard format on the Nigeria Data Portal.

Data on population ageing in Nigeria, including ageing indexes and population pyramids. It was prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations as a contribution to the 2002 World Assembly on Ageing.