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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Nigeria: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Nigeria is placed 82nd of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.512 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 50.79 (2025).
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82nd
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.512GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 50.79Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.24Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 33.96Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Nigeria on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.512
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Nigeria: 0.512. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.774 Cabo Verde
- Land neighbours
- Benin 0.723 · Cameroon 0.378 · Niger 0.147 · Chad 0.106
50.79
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 70th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Nigeria: 50.79. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Africa
- 50.79 Nigeria
- Land neighbours
- Benin 41.71 · Cameroon 34.91 · Niger 17.44 · Chad 18.31
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.24
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Nigeria: 0.24. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.81 Côte d’Ivoire
- Land neighbours
- Benin 0.205 · Cameroon -1.244 · Niger -0.08 · Chad -0.307
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
33.96
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Nigeria: 33.96. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Africa
- 79.37 Guinea
- Land neighbours
- Benin 14.52 · Cameroon 33.2 · Niger 45.21 · Chad 5.844
02Over time
Which way Nigeria is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
NigeriaWorld median
Nigeria rose from 30.86 in 2020 to 50.79 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Nigeria World median 2025 51 40.2 2024 43 43.3 2023 40 41.4 2022 39 40.3 2021 35 44.1 2020 31 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
NigeriaWorld median
Nigeria rose from -1.235 in 2000 to 0.24 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Nigeria World median 2025 0.24 0.20 2024 -0.12 0.11 2023 -1.09 0.14 2022 -1.17 0.16 2021 -1.17 0.12 2020 -1.17 0.12 2019 -1.17 0.10 2018 -1.17 -0.05 2017 -1.17 -0.08 2016 -1.17 -0.10 2015 -1.17 -0.17 2014 -1.17 -0.21 2013 -1.17 -0.21 2012 -1.17 -0.25 2011 -1.17 -0.32 2010 -1.17 -0.31 2009 -1.24 -0.50 2008 -1.24 -0.51 2007 -1.24 -0.51 2006 -1.24 -0.55 2005 -1.24 -0.55 2004 -1.24 -0.55 2003 -1.24 -0.55 2002 -1.24 -0.51 2001 -1.24 -0.51 2000 -1.24 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
NigeriaWorld median
Nigeria rose from 2.482 in 2010 to 33.96 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Nigeria World median 2024 34.0 25.42 2023 30.7 26.03 2022 25.5 26.04 2021 25.2 29.80 2020 28.9 29.47 2019 21.4 18.36 2018 21.7 20.09 2017 13.7 18.32 2016 13.2 18.15 2015 14.0 19.57 2014 8.4 21.00 2013 9.8 20.50 2012 4.4 19.56 2011 2.8 19.21 2010 2.5 19.88
03In context
Nigeria beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Nigeria and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 82nd | 0.512 | 50.79 | 0.24 | 33.96 |
 Benin | 96th | 0.723 | 41.71 | 0.205 | 14.52 |
 Cameroon | 127th | 0.378 | 34.91 | -1.244 | 33.2 |
 Niger | 132nd | 0.147 | 17.44 | -0.08 | 45.21 |
 Chad | 177th | 0.106 | 18.31 | -0.307 | 5.844 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Nigeria in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Nigeria is ahead of the world, and behind
19 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median7
Statistics on which Nigeria does better than the middle country measured.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3521.732.35No earlier reading
Nigeria: 21.7 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 119th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1140.978-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Nigeria: 0.978 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 49th of 176 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5051.0890.505No real change since 2015
Nigeria: 1.089 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 63rd of 176 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2274.9164.22No earlier reading
Nigeria: 74.91 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6554.4851.65▲ Improved since 2014
Nigeria: 54.48 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 43rd of 98 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.1890.206▲ Improved since 2015
Nigeria: 0.189 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 69th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.0781.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Nigeria: 1.078 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 85th of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median8
Statistics on which Nigeria does worse than the middle country measured.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.3930.485▲ Improved since 2013
Nigeria: 0.393 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 106th of 170 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4744.0387.474▲ Improved since 2014
Nigeria: 4.038 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 81st of 118 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4510.415.45▼ Worsened since 2025
Nigeria: 10.4 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6883.7791.68No earlier reading
Nigeria: 83.77 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 104th of 140 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3935.6862.39No earlier reading
Nigeria: 35.68 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 150th of 181 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0537.7483.05No earlier reading
Nigeria: 37.74 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 124th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7833.6878.78No earlier reading
Nigeria: 33.68 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 124th of 140 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.97500.975No real change since 2014
Nigeria: 0 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 119th of 119 · derived.
No better end4
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4544,679,196141,454Moved since 2020
Nigeria: 4,679,196 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,6701,794,51984,670Moved since 2020
Nigeria: 1,794,519 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,7142,323,134148,714Moved since 2020
Nigeria: 2,323,134 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.960.240.96No earlier reading
Nigeria: 0.24 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Nigeria
Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Nigeria’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Nigeria’s 3rd best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Work & Labour16th of 1824/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 73rd of 1864/4 keys
- Digital & Technology82nd of 1984/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties128th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Security120th of 1774/4 keys
- Energy117th of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equality138th of 1834/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions149th of 1944/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation136th of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture143rd of 1844/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 128th of 1593/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade144th of 1774/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 174th of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital179th of 1963/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience181st of 1934/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing196th of 2004/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Nigeria can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
Mauritius20th4/4 keysHighest in Western Africa
Ghana66th4/4 keysThis page
Nigeria82nd4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Nigeria on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Nigeria rank on digital & technology?
Nigeria is placed 82nd of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Nigeria?
0.512 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Nigeria?
50.79 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Nigeria compare with Cameroon on digital & technology?
Cameroon is placed 127th of 198, and Nigeria 82nd. GovTech Maturity Index: Cameroon 0.378, Nigeria 0.512; Government AI Readiness Index: Cameroon 34.91, Nigeria 50.79; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Cameroon -1.244, Nigeria 0.24; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Cameroon 33.2, Nigeria 33.96.
How have Nigeria’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 30.86 in 2020 to 50.79 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.235 in 2000 to 0.24 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 2.482 in 2010 to 33.96 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Nigeria?
No current reading is published for Nigeria on Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching and Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 19 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Nigeria’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Nigeria (banner) — Slashme, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Nigeria: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/nigeria/digital