Argentina’s coastline is 5.8 times as long as Nigeria’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 4,543 m above Nigeria’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 5.2 times as many people as Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 16 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Argentina is 14 years older than in Nigeria

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 2.9 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

13% of people in Argentina are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria hosts 4.8 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Argentina has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Argentina has 2 official languages, Nigeria 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Argentina’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Nigeria’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Argentina produces 3.4 times as much per person as Nigeria

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Nigeria (Gini 8.5 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Nigeria: no data

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 3.6× Nigeria’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Argentina spends 22 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 8.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Argentina has 13 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Argentina is 72% higher than in Nigeria

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Argentina rate their lives 1.64 points higher than in Nigeria

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Argentina drink 3.5 times as much alcohol as in Nigeria

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Argentina has 16 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Argentina has 890 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Nigeria put in 450 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Argentina went to school 3.6 years longer than in Nigeria

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Argentina welcomed 62 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

Argentina has 10 more World Heritage sites than Nigeria (12 against 2)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Nigeria: 2 (2026)

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Nigeria 27

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Argentina is 4.4 times as fast as in Nigeria

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

98% of people in Argentina have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Argentina’s railway network is 5.1 times as long as Nigeria’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Argentina fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of Nigeria, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Argentina emits 6.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

35% of Argentina’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 3.4 times as much fine dust as in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.5 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 52% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 12.3 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Nigeria gets 56% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)