Useful sources about Africa

A summary report containing the latest estimates for jobs created in the Nigerian economy for the second and third quarters of 2016, published by the National Bureau of Statistics.

Data on unemployment and underemployment in Nigeria as per the Labour Force Statistics report published in December 2017.

Report by the Central Bank of Nigeria highlighting the impact of private sector credit on economic growth in the country.

Data on Nigerian-US trade including total goods and services traded, imports and exports, published by the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Data up to 2016.

A 2017 review of trade policy in Nigeria, updated since the last policy review in 2011. It highlights the changes in Nigeria's economic and trade policy landscape.

Nigeria's revised national policy on environmental issues, including conservation, waste and environmental pollution and policy implementation. It was published in 2016 by the Nigerian government.

Nigeria's fifth national biodiversity report provides an overview of the state of biodiversity in the country, including conservation’s role in food security, public health, traditional medicines as well as threats to biodiversity such as poaching and illegal logging.

An overview of the practice of child marriage in Nigeria. It details child marriage prevalence across the country as well as its implication for the education and healthcare of affected children.

An overview of Nigeria's government spending and performance in various sectors of the economy, as per the budget implementation and performance monitoring report.