Health in Nigeria 342 indicators covering health for Nigeria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 75-79, male 572,619 2025 up 26.4% 23rd Population ages 80 and above, female 436,418 2025 up 34.8% 34th Population ages 80 and above, male 376,049 2025 up 40.0% 27th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 1.5% 2024 down 16.7% 157th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 1.7% 2024 down 19.0% 157th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 1.6% 2024 down 15.8% 157th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 31.4% 2024 down 7.1% 19th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 36.2% 2024 down 6.0% 17th Prevalence of stunting, height for age 33.8% 2024 down 6.6% 17th Hospital beds 0.5 per 1,000 people 2004 down 70.0% 162nd Tuberculosis death rate 24 per 100,000 people 2024 down 60.0% 33rd Incidence of tuberculosis 219 per 100,000 people 2024 unchanged 30th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 95.1% 2024 up 13.6% 129th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 59.1% 2024 up 29.3% 145th People practicing open defecation, urban 7.1% 2024 down 24.7% 15th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 66.6% 2024 up 29.8% 137th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 34.2% 2024 up 8.0% 138th People using at least basic drinking water services 82.2% 2024 up 23.7% 172nd People using safely managed drinking water services 29.9% 2024 up 22.8% 131st People practicing open defecation, rural 31.2% 2024 up 1.2% 19th People using at least basic sanitation services 47.9% 2024 up 25.2% 179th Tuberculosis case detection rate 79.0% 2024 up 276.2% 80th People practicing open defecation 18.0% 2024 down 13.7% 16th Current health expenditure 4.2% 2023 up 22.5% 151st Current health expenditure per capita 66.82 current US$ 2023 down 31.3% 163rd Out-of-pocket expenditure 71.9% 2023 up 1.4% 6th Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 48.05 current US$ 2023 down 30.4% 127th Domestic general government health expenditure 14.3% 2023 up 0.2% 181st Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 37.3 current international $ 2023 up 53.3% 163rd Domestic private health expenditure 74.4% 2023 up 1.5% 6th Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 260.14 current international $ 2023 up 52.9% 148th Domestic private health expenditure per capita 49.7 current US$ 2023 down 30.3% 137th People using safely managed sanitation services 32.2% 2024 up 21.3% 110th Immunization, Hib3 67.0% 2024 up 55.8% 174th Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 11.56 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 2.6% 1st Reported cases of measles 14,999 Cases 2024 up 118.8% 11th Child mortality by income level of country 11.56 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 2.6% 1st Number of infant deaths 519,644 2024 up 4.7% 2nd Number of under-five deaths 855,676 2024 down 0.0% 1st Number of neonatal deaths 295,006 2024 up 5.4% 2nd Child mortality vs. health spending 11.56 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 2.6% 1st Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 57.0% 2024 up 35.7% 182nd Adolescent fertility rate 83.96 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 32.1% 28th Sex ratio at birth 1.04 male births per female births 2024 up 0.1% 165th Domestic general government health expenditure 4.3% 2023 up 24.5% 177th External health expenditure 11.3% 2023 down 9.4% 57th External health expenditure per capita 7.54 current US$ 2023 down 37.8% 82nd External health expenditure per capita, PPP 29.34 current international $ 2023 up 38.6% 65th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 37.9% 2023 down 11.7% 36th Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 37.2% 2023 down 11.6% 38th Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 45.0% 2023 down 8.4% 26th Stillbirth rate 23.9 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 10.2% 12th Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 1.30 million 2024 down 13.3% 1st Life expectancy vs. health spending 54.46 years 2023 up 5.1% 236th Prevalence of undernourishment 19.9% 2023 up 74.6% 27th Immunization, measles second dose 35.0% 2024 up 288.9% 176th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 83.0% 2024 up 137.1% 44th Tuberculosis treatment success rate 94.0% 2023 up 9.3% 23rd Prevalence of hypertension, female 39.0% 2019 up 2.4% 89th Prevalence of hypertension, male 33.0% 2019 down 4.9% 144th ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →