The Economists Describes Nigeria As The Worst Place To Be Born In The World

Nigeria is known for many things, some good and admittedly, some really bad. In recent times, there have been a number of research reports completed by international organizations and the results have not be favourable for Nigeria.

In October 2012, the African Insurance Organisation ranked Nigeria as the “Kidnap for Ransom Capital of the World” accounting for 25% of Global Kidnappings. In June 2012, the Global Peace Index ranked Nigeria as the sixth most dangerous African country to live in.

Each time such results are released, it is usually followed by debates on various online platforms with many questioning the authenticity of the results.

Yesterday, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist magazine released results of its 2013 Where-to-be-born Index. This time, Nigeria is ranked as No. 80 out of 80 countries assessed.  Basically making it the WORST country to be born in out of the countries analyzed.

In the “Where-To-Be-Born Index” 2013, Nigeria has the lowest score of 4.74 points, placing us at the 80th position.

It ranks Switzerland as the best country to be born in with 8.22 points. The United States of America and Germany tie in the 16th position with 7.38 points.

Among the African countries on the list, South Africa comes first in the 53rd position with 5.89 points followed by Algeria in the 54th position with 5.86 points.

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Posted: at 22-11-2012 03:02 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Whatever.

Posted: at 22-11-2012 03:08 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

Who cares??? They're jealous of our intelligent  

Posted: at 22-11-2012 03:29 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

but truly Nigeria has a problem.........

Posted: at 22-11-2012 05:56 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie

True. Nigeria has a problem. Nigeria has a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG WAY TO GO.

Posted: at 22-11-2012 06:13 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

Hurrah,let our pastors buy more private jets,let our politicians buy more big houses in europe,america and the middle east,let the imams recruit more suicide bombers for boko haram,let lynchings,kidnappings and police brutality continue,let our legislators legalize corruption by claiming to be protecting their own and let so-called intelligent and discerning nigerians continue to think tnat what is abominable and disgusting in every other place in the world is acceptable in nigeria where the end justifies the means.the rest of the world is not fooled,nigerians are regarded as the scum of earth wherever we show our corrupt,conniving faces.this report is the tip of the iceberg as to what the rest of the world think and know about nigeria

Posted: at 22-11-2012 06:22 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

If they like make they say Nigeria na junior broda 2 hellfire....no shaking..proudly naija

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Posted: at 22-11-2012 06:36 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

Problem 

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Posted: at 22-11-2012 06:44 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Naija won many awards this year ooooo....more medals are coming in...shame on our politicians.

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Posted: at 22-11-2012 07:04 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

for me best country to be born no1 federal republic of biafran 2 germany 3 norway 4 canada before the rest

Posted: at 22-11-2012 07:23 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming