Nigeria has climbed four places to 62nd in StartupBlink’s Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2026, marking its highest position since 2022.
Nigeria moved up four spots in the latest StartupBlink rankings, reaching 62nd place globally in the 2026 edition of the Global Startup Ecosystem Index. The improvement gives the country its best result in the index since 2022.
As part of the report, StartupBlink also spotlighted Nigeria’s top 10 cities that are fueling the startup boom, offering a closer look at the urban centers driving entrepreneurial activity across the nation.
The 2026 index places Nigeria among the world’s rising startup ecosystems, with the city-level rankings providing further detail on where that growth is concentrated.
