In 2023, Nigeria emerged as the second-largest source of UK work visa applications, with 92.7k applications, trailing only India (171.8k). This places Nigeria ahead of other countries like the Philippines (29.5k), Ghana (36.2k), Pakistan (48.4k), and Zimbabwe (50.3k).
Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Ghana were the top African countries seeking work in the UK in 2023.
Canada granted permanent residency to 471.8k individuals in 2023, with Indian citizens leading with nearly 30% of the total.
Nigeria (3.7%), Cameroon (2.5%), and Eritrea (2.3%) were in the top ten recipients.
In 2023, 7,383 people from Nigeria were issued US immigrant visas, 33% higher than 5,547 in 2022. Visas issued to skilled workers, professionals, and unskilled workers declined by 66%. Here are the US immigrant visas issued to Nigerians in 2023 by visa class.
The number of people from sub-Saharan Africa studying in the US was highest in 2020 — 41,697. Here is the trend of sub-Saharan African, West African, and Nigerian students in the US from 2001 to 2020.
Apart from dominating the global cocoa industry in 2020, Ivory Coast — leading in African chocolate exports — is ranked 27th among the top chocolate exporters in the world. Here is how it compares with the world's top 10 chocolate exporters by value in 2020.
1990-2000: In this decade, China and India accounted for over 50% of the world's total output, with other dominant rice producers being Indonesia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, with production figures falling between 20 and 30 million metric tons.
2001-2010: China and India remained the two top producers, with China producing 140 million metric tons annually and India 100 million metric tons annually.
2011-2020: China and India continue to lead at about 150 million and 105 million metric tons, respectively.
2021-2024: China and India continued to lead. China reached 144.62 million metric tons in 2023/2024, and India accounted for 137.83 million metric tons.
Of the $157 million worth of human hair exported globally in 2022, India had the highest share, with almost 90%. The top four, which are Asian countries, accounted for 95%. Here are the world's top human hair exporting countries in 2022.
The US has disbursed $10b in foreign assistance to Nigeria in the past 22 years, with its highest in the period coming in 2022. The disbursements have increased from $51m in 2001 to $973m in 2022. Here are the US' foreign assistance disbursements to Nigeria since 2001.
In 2022, the US exported $631 million worth of agricultural produce to Nigeria, with wheat the biggest export. It accounted for 76% of the exports followed by industrial ethanol (9.3%).
As of 2022, the US had 948,519 international students, 14,438 (1.5%) of whom were Nigerian. Nigeria was ranked tenth among contributing countries to the international student community in the US.