Nigeria
Among the lowest parliamentary representation of women worldwide, with candidate selection identified as the central barrier.
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Women in politics
How many women are elected in Nigeria, and which rules — quotas, parity laws or party measures — shape that number. Figures come from IPU Parline.
Education
Whether girls in Nigeria start school, finish school and choose what they study, read from UNESCO Institute for Statistics country data.
Work and money
Employment, the pay gap and unpaid care work in Nigeria, from ILOSTAT and the World Bank Gender Data Portal.
Safety and rights
Legal protection and measured prevalence of violence against women in Nigeria, from WHO estimates and the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law index.
Young Voices
Nigeria is one of the 16 countries represented in the Global Youth Contributors Program. Contributors work together as one international team, not as country groups. Join the Program.
Women in Nigeria: the indicators
- Women in the national parliament3.9% · 2025 · Inter-Parliamentary Union, Parline
- Girls' access to educationData unavailable for this indicator. · — · UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Women in STEMData unavailable for this indicator. · — · UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Women and workData unavailable for this indicator. · — · ILOSTAT
- Gender pay gapData unavailable for this indicator. · — · ILO, Global Wage Report
- Violence against womenData unavailable for this indicator. · — · WHO / UN Women prevalence estimates
- Digital gender divideData unavailable for this indicator. · — · International Telecommunication Union
Data & Sources
Statistics on this page come from reliable international organisations and official datasets. Each statistic includes its original year and source so readers can verify the information themselves.
- Source
- World Bank
- Year
- 2024
- Indicator
- Gender Data Portal
- Source
- UN Women Data Portal
- Year
- 2024
- Indicator
- Country profiles
- Source
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Year
- 2025
- Indicator
- Parline country pages
- Source
- World Bank
- Year
- 2024
- Indicator
- Women, Business and the Law 2024