Nigeria vs Senegal: Augmented Human Development Index

Nigeria

0.2916

in 2020

Senegal

0.2892

in 2020

Nigeria rank

117th

Senegal rank

119th

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Nigeria
Senegal

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2916 against 0.2892 in Senegal, a difference of 0.0024.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 117th and Senegal ranks 119th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Nigeria
Augmented Human Development Index in Senegal
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.