Country Profile

Nigeria

Ranking: 130 / 170 | Index Value: 0.635

Nigeria’s Performance on the
Women, Peace, and Security Index

Compared to 44 Other Countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region

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Years refer to the date of WPS Index publication; data is the most recently available at the time of publication.

Huge Disparities in Women’s Equality

Nigeria has the greatest disparities in subnational index scores

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Inclusion

Women’s Mean Years of Schooling 2017 data is not available for this country

Women's Employment (%) 2017 data is not available for this country

Women's Cellphone Use (%)

Women's Financial Inclusion (%)

Women's Share of Parliament Seats (%)

Justice

Discriminatory Norms (%)

Son Bias (Male to female birth ratio)

Absence of Legal Discrimination Against Women

Security

Organized Violence (Battle Deaths per 100,000)

Women's Perception of Community Safety (%)

Current Intimate Partner Violence (%) 2017 data is not available for this country