Nigeria's 2008 & 2009 Report Card And Nigeria Quiz

Global indices bench marking political,economic and human climate of Nigeria for 2008 and 2009 by various organization and groups.

Freedom House Index Partly Free (2009)Partly free (2008)

Health Status of President Index Saudi-Germany Institute Worse(2009) Bad(2008)

Mo Ibrahim Foundation Africa 35/53(2009) 34/53(200)

Legatum Prosperity IndexTM 98/104(2009)

Harvard UKSG Index of Governance Africa 38/53(2009)

World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index 99/133(2009) 94/133(2008)

UNDP Human Development Index 158/182(2009) 154/177(2008)

World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index 125/183(2009) 108/175(2007)

Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 121/180(2008)

Economic Freedom of the World Index 111/141(2008)

Heritage Foundation Economic Freedom Index 117/183(2009)


Milken Institute Capital Access Index 88/122(2008)

Bertelsmann Transformation Status Index 66/125(2008)

Credit Ratings

Moody's Not rated
Fitch BB-/stable
Standard and Poor's B+/stable


Do the following quiz;

If Nigeria is a company in the US,would it have made the bailout list? YES/NO
If Yar'Adua was a Fortune 500 CEO,would they retain him? YES/NO
Does the credit rating of Nigeria affect the behaviour of Nigerian borrower? YES/NO