According to GitHub's annual The State of the Octoverse report, Nigeria is the region which has seen the largest growth in the number of GitHub open source contributors in 2020, with 66 percent more contributors this year that the year before. GitHub is a version control and collaboration platform for software developers. It is the largest host of source code in the world.
Leading countries/regions in terms of GitHub open source contributor growth rates worldwide in 2020*
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GitHub. (December 2, 2020). Leading countries/regions in terms of GitHub open source contributor growth rates worldwide in 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1068234/open-source-contributors-fast-growing-countries-regions/
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GitHub. (2020). Leading countries/regions in terms of GitHub open source contributor growth rates worldwide in 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1068234/open-source-contributors-fast-growing-countries-regions/
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Leading countries/regions in terms of GitHub open source contributor growth rates worldwide in 2020* [Graph], GitHub, December 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1068234/open-source-contributors-fast-growing-countries-regions/
