| Name of report | Quote reference | Link | Last accessed on |
| Amnesty International 2021/22 country report – covering 154 countries | AI country report 2021/22 (pp. 276-280) | https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/POL1048702022ENGLISH.pdf | 21 March 2023 |
| BBC News country profile | BBC country profile | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13949550 | 21 March 2023 |
| Bertelsmann Transformation Index country report 2022 – covering 137 countries | BTI report 2022 | https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-dashboard/NGA | 21 March 2023 |
| CIA World Factbook | CIA Factbook | https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/ | 21 March 2023 |
| Crisis24 country report (Garda World) | Crisis24 country report | https://crisis24.garda.com/insights-intelligence/intelligence/country-reports/nigeria | 21 March 2023 |
| Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2021 – covering 167 countries | EIU 2021 (p.15) | https://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/images/eiu-democracy-index-2021.pdf | 21 March 2023 |
| FFP’s Fragile States Index 2022 – covering 179 countries | FSI 2022 | https://fragilestatesindex.org/country-data/ | 21 March 2023 |
| Freedom House’s 2023 Democracy index (covering 29 countries, Nigeria not included) | Democracy Index 2023 | https://freedomhouse.org/countries/nations-transit/scores | 21 March 2023 |
| Freedom House’s 2023 Global Freedom index – covering 210 countries | Global Freedom Index 2023 | https://freedomhouse.org/country/nigeria/freedom-world/2023 | 21 March 2023 |
| Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net 2022 report – covering 70 countries | Freedom on the Net 2022 | https://freedomhouse.org/country/nigeria/freedom-net/2022 | 21 March 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch World Report 2023 (country chapter) – covering 100+ countries | HRW 2023 country chapter | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/nigeria | 21 March 2023 |
| Internet World Stats 2022 | IWS 2022 | https://www.internetworldstats.com/africa.htm#ng | 21 March 2023 |
| RSF’s 2022 World Press Freedom Index – covering 180 countries | World Press Freedom 2022 | https://rsf.org/en/nigeria | 21 March 2023 |
| Transparency International’s 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index – covering 180 countries | CPI 2022 | https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2022/index/nga | 21 March 2023 |
| UNDP’s Global Human Development Indicators (country profile) – covering 191 countries/territories | HDI country data profile (2021) | https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/specific-country-data#/countries/NGA | 21 March 2023 |
| US State Department’s 2021 International Religious Freedom country reports | IRFR 2021 | https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-report-on-international-religious-freedom/nigeria/ | 21 March 2023 |
| USCIRF 2022 country reports – covering 15 CPC / 12 SWL | USCIRF 2022 | https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022%20Nigeria.pdf | 21 March 2023 |
| World Bank country overview – covering 178 countries | World Bank country overview 2022 | https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nigeria/overview#1 | 21 March 2023 |
| World Bank country profile data – covering 222 countries | World Bank profile (2021 data) | https://databank.worldbank.org/views/reports/reportwidget.aspx?Report_Name=CountryP rofileId=b450fd57tbar=ydd=yinf=nzm=ncountry=NGA | 21 March 2023 |
| World Bank’s Macro Poverty Outlook 2022 (Sub- Saharan Africa, p.68-69) | Macro Poverty Outlook 2022 | https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/bae48ff2fefc5a869546775b3f010735- 0500062021/related/mpo-ssa.pdf | 21 March 2023 |
