WORLD'S OIL RICH COUNTRIES EXPERIENCING RECESSION
WORLD'S OIL RICH COUNTRIES EXPERIENCING RECESSION By:
Nurudeen Dauda
1st September , 2016
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To begin with, Nigeria an an oil rich country relies heavily on crude oil as its major source of income. Nigeria is currently experiencing economic recession owing to the collapse of the price of crude oil in the international market from as high as $115 in 2014 to as low as $30 in 2016.
The following oil producing countries are currently in economic recession:
(1) Brazil’s – with 15.3bn barrels in Reserves is in recession,
(2) Russia’s –with 103bn barrels in Reserves is in recession,
(3) Venezuelan’s - with 298bn barrels in Reserves is in recession,
(4) Libya –with 48bn barrels in Reserves is in recession,
(5) Ecuadorian’s –with 9bn barrels in Reserves is in recession,
(6) Canada –with 171bn barrels in Reserves is in recession,
(7) Iraq - with 144bn barrels in Reserves is in recession, (8) Azerbaijan - with 7bn barrels in Reserves is in recession, (9)Algeria 12bn with barrels in Reserves is in recession, (10) Kazakhstan - with 30bn barrels in Reserves is in recession,and (11)Nigeria -with 37bn barrels in Reserves is in recession.
Recession is a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters. Furthermore, a recession is a significant decline in activity across the economy, lasting longer than a few months. It is visible in industrial production, employment, real income and wholesale-retail trade. The technical indicator of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth as measured by a country's gross domestic product (GDP);
However, Economic Depression is worst than economic recession: Depression is commonly defined as a more severe version of a recession whereby there is high rate of poverty, unemployment, and inflation etc.
May God bless Nigeria!