Japan vs Nigeria
Japan vs Nigeria: Learning-adjusted schooling
Learning-adjusted schooling in 2020: 11.7 years in Japan and 5 years in Nigeria, by World Bank estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Japan, by 6.7 years, or 2.33 times that in Nigeria.
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2017.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Japan | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11.7 | 5 |
| 2018 | 12.3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 12.3 | 4.3 |
| 2010 | 12 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Japan vs Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyJapan: 84.7 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJapan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJapan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJapan: 98.7% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionJapan: 3.34% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateJapan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJapan: 124 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthJapan: -0.48% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJapan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJapan: 92.3% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageJapan: 49 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJapan: 29.6% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateJapan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJapan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJapan: $59.5B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personJapan: $504 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJapan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJapan: 261,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerJapan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJapan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJapan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJapan: 28 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022