The Nigeria Startup Ecosystem is a regional Leader in innovation, ranked at number 63 globally, and shows a positive momentum 5 spots since 2020. Nigeria also ranks at number 1 for startups in Western Africa.
There are 7 cities ranked in the top 1,000 in Nigeria and the top ranked city in Nigeria is Lagos at 122 globally. Lagos is followed by Ibadan at 353 and Abuja at 466. Nigeria is an ideal place to locate for Health, Ecommerce & Retail and Foodtech startups. As the most popular industries in the country, there is a sample of 65 Health startups in Nigeria, 50 Ecommerce & Retail startups in Nigeria and 36 Foodtech startups in Nigeria, on the StartupBlink Map. On the StartupBlink Global Startup Ecosystem Map there is a sample of 282 startups in Nigeria, 2 accelerators in Nigeria, 3 coworking spaces in Nigeria, 8 organizations in Nigeria and no leaders in Nigeria.View top ecosystems:
Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan, Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Enugu, Nigeria
2021 National Rank & Change | City | Global Rank & Change | Total Score | Quantity Score | Quality Score | Business Score |
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1st 0 | 122nd + 5 | 4.693 | 1.26 | 2.03 | 1.41 | |
2nd + 3 | 353rd + 601 | 0.688 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.40 | |
3rd - 1 | 466th - 12 | 0.419 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.24 | |
4th - 1 | 906th - 6 | 0.135 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.08 | |
5th new | 978th new | 0.079 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 | |
6th 0 | 979th + 9 | 0.079 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | |
7th 0 | 981st + 14 | 0.076 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.04 |