I know this is a distraction, but I fell upon it while scanning the world bank figures.
The overall gdp for Africa is about 1.5 trillion dollars, which means about $1,500 per person.
The gdp for Nigeria is $405 billion, which, when divided by 185 million people, equals $2,189.
I don't know how to make these figures more meaningful—something like a mean, not an average, is needed. because all those rich people skew the figures. If the average for Nigeria is $2,189, that means $6 per day. But if the figures are presented in terms of a mean, the average Nigeria probably makes closer to $1 than to $6 per day. I don't have any idea where to find that figure. In the end, Nigeria as a whole country makes more per person than the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, that much seems clear. But the gap between rich and poor leaves us with a less clear picture of what it is like for most people
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Kenneth Harrow
Dept of English and Film Studies
http://www.english.msu.edu/people/faculty/kenneth-harrow/
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