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of 1980s, recovering slightly during the 1990s and increasing again sharply since 2000. The sharp increase in GDP coincided with a rapidly declining agricultural GDP, from about 50 percent in 2000 to about 30 percent toward the end of the decade, as shown in Figure 10.3. It is worth noting that the fall in agricultural GDP in itself does not reflect declining agricultural produc- tivity but is in fact a consequence of the increasing value of other sectors of the economy.
Vulnerability to Climate Change Vulnerability has many dimensions. In this chapter the focus is on income, both level and sources, as we saw in the previous section and the data displayed in Figure 10.3. Table 10.2 provides some data on Nigeria’s performance on additional indicators of vulnerability and resiliency to economic shocks: the level of education of the population, literacy, and the concentration of labor in the agricultural sector. The rate of enrollment in secondary school is low in Nigeria, whereas the rates of primary school enrollment and adult literacy are
FIGURE 10.3
Per capita GDP in Nigeria (constant 2000 US$) and share of GDP from agriculture (percent), 1960–2008
100 200 300 400 500
GDP per capita Share in agriculture
0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank 2009). Data on agricultural GDP for Nigeria were not available in the World Development Indicators prior to 2002.
Note: GDP = gross domestic product; US$ = US dollars.