Out of 984 journalists who registered for the 2019 World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington D.C., 300 of them are based in the United States while 92 are from Nigeria, according to official data disclosed on Friday.
With 9.3 percent of journalists attending the Meetings coming from Nigeria, only behind the U.S with 30.5 percent, Africa’s most populous country comes ahead all other nations except the U.S.
Nigeria comes ahead of Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, the Republic of Korea and all other developed or emerging countries.
The closest African country after Nigeria is Egypt with 11 journalists followed by Ghana and Angola with five journalists each.
Most other African countries, including Cameroon, Sudan, Gabon and Ethiopia have one journalist each.
See full official list of registered journalists
| % | ||
| Total | 984 | 100.0% |
| United States | 300 | 30.5% |
| Nigeria | 92 | 9.3% |
| Japan | 79 | 8.0% |
| Germany | 77 | 7.8% |
| United Kingdom | 63 | 6.4% |
| China | 46 | 4.7% |
| Republic of Korea | 30 | 3.0% |
| Italy | 25 | 2.5% |
| France | 23 | 2.3% |
| Bangladesh | 22 | 2.2% |
| Spain | 17 | 1.7% |
| Russian Federation | 15 | 1.5% |
| Turkey | 13 | 1.3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1.3% |
| Brazil | 12 | 1.2% |
| Egypt | 11 | 1.1% |
| Canada | 10 | 1.0% |
| India | 9 | 0.9% |
| Greece | 7 | 0.7% |
| The Netherlands | 7 | 0.7% |
| Hong Kong S.A.R. | 6 | 0.6% |
| Angola | 5 | 0.5% |
| Argentina | 5 | 0.5% |
| Colombia | 5 | 0.5% |
| Ghana | 5 | 0.5% |
| Nepal | 5 | 0.5% |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0.5% |
| Austria | 4 | 0.4% |
| Mexico | 4 | 0.4% |
| Belgium | 3 | 0.3% |
| Haiti | 3 | 0.3% |
| Ireland | 3 | 0.3% |
| Lebanon | 3 | 0.3% |
| Morocco | 3 | 0.3% |
| Portugal | 3 | 0.3% |
| Sierra Leone | 3 | 0.3% |
| Sweden | 3 | 0.3% |
| Vietnam | 3 | 0.3% |
| Algeria | 2 | 0.2% |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0.2% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 0.2% |
| Iraq | 2 | 0.2% |
| Jordan | 2 | 0.2% |
| Latvia | 2 | 0.2% |
| South Africa | 2 | 0.2% |
| Ukraine | 2 | 0.2% |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 0.1% |
| American Samoa | 1 | 0.1% |
| Australia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Barbados | 1 | 0.1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0.1% |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0.1% |
| Chad | 1 | 0.1% |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 1 | 0.1% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | 0.1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 0.1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Fiji | 1 | 0.1% |
| Gabon | 1 | 0.1% |
| Georgia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Kuwait | 1 | 0.1% |
| Moldova | 1 | 0.1% |
| Mongolia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Poland | 1 | 0.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0.1% |
| Sudan | 1 | 0.1% |
| The Gambia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0.1% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0.1% |