- Seats
- 360
- Registered
- 93,469,008
- Women elected
- 3.9%
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Nigeria
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Macro signals
Sovereign risk
Currency and markets
Political context
Sovereign Ratings
Exchange Rates
Markets
Latest News
Office holders
Bola Tinubu
in office
Muhammadu Buhari
Goodluck Jonathan
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Olusegun Obasanjo
Abdulsalami Abubakar
Sani Abacha
Ernest Shonekan
How a head of state came to power is not recorded in this dataset, and is not inferred here.
Parliamentary elections
- Seats
- 109
- Registered
- 93,469,008
- Women elected
- 2.8%
35.7%
turnout
- Seats
- 109
- Registered
- 82,344,107
- Voters
- 29,364,209
- Parties with seats
- 3
- Women elected
- 6.5%
35.7%
turnout
- Seats
- 360
- Registered
- 82,344,107
- Voters
- 29,364,209
- Parties with seats
- 7
- Women elected
- 3.4%
43.7%
turnout
- Registered
- 67,422,005
- Voters
- 29,432,083
43.7%
turnout
- Seats
- 360
- Registered
- 67,422,005
- Voters
- 29,432,083
- Parties with seats
- 5
- Women elected
- 5.6%
Constitutions
1999
in force
Nigeria's Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2023
Download PDF
year 1999
National constitutions (Constitute Project)
retrieved 2026-07-28
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Governance indicators
Battle-related deaths
reported outcome
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
1,486.0people
Control of corruption
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
25.3score 0-100
Government effectiveness
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
31.8score 0-100
Intentional homicides
reported outcome
year 2023
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
15.7per 100,000 people
Internally displaced, new displacements by conflict
reported outcome
year 2023
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
291,000.0people
Political stability and absence of violence
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
31.7score 0-100
Political stability estimate
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
-2.0-2.5 to +2.5
Regulatory quality
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
44.9score 0-100
Rule of law
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
39.6score 0-100
Voice and accountability
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
44.1score 0-100
These are the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators. Freedom House ratings are not collected by this observatory and are therefore not shown.
Country evolution timeline 2001–2026
Dated political, economic, and security records only. Each item keeps its source and retrieval date where the upstream table provides it. Latest retrieval 2026-08-24
Politics16
Economy6
Security5
- 2025 Economy 4.0% Latest GDP growth GDP growth (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 23.0% Latest inflation Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy $1,224 Latest GDP per capita GDP per capita (current US$) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Security 4,158 Latest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2025 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2024 Economy 33.2% Inflation peak Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2024 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Security 291,000 Latest conflict displacement Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2023 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Security 16 Latest homicide rate Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) year 2023 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Politics Bola Tinubu President of Nigeria year 2023 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Politics Nigeria House of Representatives February 2023 Election year 2023 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Politics Nigeria Senate February 2023 Election year 2023 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2020 Economy -6.4% Growth trough GDP growth (annual %) year 2020 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2019 Politics Nigeria House of Representatives February 2019 Election 35.7% turnout year 2019 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2019 Politics Nigeria Senate February 2019 Election 35.7% turnout year 2019 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2015 Politics Muhammadu Buhari President of Nigeria year 2015 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2015 Politics Nigeria House of Representatives March 2015 Election 43.7% turnout year 2015 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2015 Politics Nigeria Senate March 2015 Election 43.7% turnout year 2015 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2014 Security 10,346 Highest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2014 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2014 Security 975,000 Conflict displacement peak Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2014 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2011 Politics Nigeria House of Representatives April 2011 Election year 2011 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2011 Politics Nigeria Senate April 2011 Election year 2011 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2010 Politics Goodluck Jonathan President of Nigeria year 2010 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2007 Politics Umaru Musa Yar'Adua President of Nigeria year 2007 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2007 Politics Nigeria House of Representatives April 2007 Election year 2007 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2007 Politics Nigeria Senate April 2007 Election year 2007 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2003 Politics Nigeria House of Representatives April 2003 Election year 2003 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2003 Politics Nigeria Senate April 2003 Election year 2003 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2002 Economy 15.3% Growth peak GDP growth (annual %) year 2002 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
Organized-violence fatalities per year (UCDP)
ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1
retrieved 2026-08-24
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