Gender Development Index in Nigeria
Nigeria: Gender Development Index was 0.886 in 2022. β² Rising
Gender Development Index in Nigeria, 2003β2022
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.886 for gender development index in 2022. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender development index in Nigeria peaked at 0.886 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.814, in 2003.
Nigeria ranks 152nd of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8329 | 0.814 | 0.848 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.8581 | 0.834 | 0.87 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8773 | 0.867 | 0.886 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 149 Cameroon 0.9 compare
- 150 Uganda 0.899 compare
- 151 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.891 compare
- 153 Nepal 0.885 compare
- 153 Sierra Leone 0.885 compare
- 155 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.884 compare
More gender data for Nigeria
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 3.55 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 3.66 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 3.45 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 3.54 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 3.38 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 3.46 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 3.30 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 3.38 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 3.22 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 3.30 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender development index in Nigeria?
- Gender development index in Nigeria was 0.886 in 2022, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest gender development index recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.886 in 2022.
- What is the lowest gender development index recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.814 in 2003.
- How does Nigeria rank for gender development index?
- Nigeria ranks 152nd out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gender development index rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Gender Development Index (GDI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data on five composite measures of gender equality.