Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria
Nigeria: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 4.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria, 2000–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria stood at 4.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria peaked at 7.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2019.
That places Nigeria 184th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% | — |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.7% | +38.1% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | +35.3% |
| 2006 | 6.1% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 5.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | -39.2% |
| 2020 | 7.2% | +113.7% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 3.9% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 4.2% | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.3% | 3.4% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 3.4% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 3.6% | 7.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More public sector data for Nigeria
- Arms imports 67.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.2879 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -27.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 67.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 4.87 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0045 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -63.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.13 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 102.11 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nigeria was 4.2% in 2025, according to Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- What is the highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2019.
- How does Nigeria rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Nigeria ranks 184th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as part of Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.