Gender in Nigeria 220 indicators covering gender for Nigeria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 99,803 2030 up 8.9% 3rd Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.6887 % change on previous year 2030 down 42.9% 46th Population 162,578 2030 up 32.9% 7th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 162,578 2030 up 32.9% 7th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year 2030 down 4.5% 28th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 3.55 million 2025 up 3.1% 3rd Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 3.66 million 2025 up 3.3% 3rd Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 3.45 million 2025 up 3.8% 3rd Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 3.54 million 2025 up 4.2% 3rd Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 3.38 million 2025 up 4.3% 3rd Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 3.46 million 2025 up 4.8% 3rd Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 3.30 million 2025 up 4.5% 3rd Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 3.38 million 2025 up 4.9% 3rd Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 3.22 million 2025 up 5.0% 3rd Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 3.30 million 2025 up 5.3% 3rd Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 3.17 million 2025 up 6.9% 3rd Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 3.24 million 2025 up 7.0% 3rd Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 17.57 2027 down 8.0% 184th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.732 2025 up 1.2% 99th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.763 2025 up 6.1% 69th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.806 2025 down 1.2% 59th Women's Political Participation Index 0.648 2025 down 0.6% 148th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.732 2025 up 1.2% 99th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.732 2025 up 1.2% 99th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 6.24 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,234.3% 5th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.732 2025 up 1.2% 99th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 18.9% 2024 up 54.0% 134th Prevalence of obesity, male 8.5% 2024 up 30.1% 149th Life expectancy at age 60, female 15.47 years 2024 up 2.5% 215th Life expectancy at age 60, male 24.06 years 2024 up 63.5% 12th Share of women who are obese 18.9% 2024 up 54.0% 137th Share of women who are overweight or obese 44.0% 2024 up 26.2% 141st Share of overweight men vs. women 27.7% 2024 up 8.3% 160th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 49.1% 2024 up 7.8% 215th Share of women who are married or in a union 22.8% 2018 down 20.6% 13th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 184.9% 24th Population, annual growth rate 2.1 % change on previous year 2024 down 21.4% 49th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 71.7% 121st Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 26.32 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 26.2% 188th Women, Business and the Law Index 66.25 index (0–100) 2023 up 5.0% 145th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 8.6% 21st Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 250.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% 36th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 6.8% 167th Labor force, female 56.43 million 2025 up 41.0% 5th Labor force, female, per capita 0.2376 units per person 2025 up 13.2% 49th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2025 up 2.3% 67th Page 1 of 4 Next →