Key features of women's political empowerment in Nigeria
Nigeria: Key features of women's political empowerment was 0.732 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Key features of women's political empowerment in Nigeria, 1914–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.732 for key features of women's political empowerment in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, key features of women's political empowerment in Nigeria peaked at 0.732 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.288, in 1919.
Nigeria ranks 99th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Key features of women's political empowerment in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 0.298 | — |
| 1915 | 0.298 | +0.0% |
| 1916 | 0.298 | +0.0% |
| 1917 | 0.298 | +0.0% |
| 1918 | 0.298 | +0.0% |
| 1919 | 0.288 | -3.4% |
| 1920 | 0.288 | +0.0% |
| 1921 | 0.288 | +0.0% |
| 1922 | 0.288 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.447 | +55.2% |
| 1967 | 0.43 | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 0.43 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.43 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.44 | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.442 | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.471 | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 0.477 | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.471 | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 0.515 | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 0.515 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.556 | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 0.556 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.556 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.556 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.568 | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.568 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.568 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.568 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.59 | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.59 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.59 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.594 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.673 | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 0.695 | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.695 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.695 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.716 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.716 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.716 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.712 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.718 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.716 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.718 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.725 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.705 | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.705 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.708 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.727 | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.723 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.722 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.732 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.731 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.717 | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.683 | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 0.685 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.713 | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 0.704 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.689 | -2.1% |
| 2025 | 0.732 | +6.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 0.732 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.694, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 0.732 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7075, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Key features of women's political empowerment in Nigeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +55.2% | 0.288 | 0.447 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.2963 | 0.288 | 0.298 | 6 |
| 1920s | 0.288 | 0.288 | 0.288 | 3 |
| 1960s | 0.4343 | 0.43 | 0.447 | 4 |
| 1970s | 0.4445 | 0.44 | 0.471 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5209 | 0.471 | 0.556 | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.5865 | 0.556 | 0.673 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7097 | 0.695 | 0.718 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7195 | 0.705 | 0.732 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.701 | 0.683 | 0.732 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More gender data for Nigeria
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 99,803 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.6887 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 162,578 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 162,578 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2030)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is key features of women's political empowerment in Nigeria?
- Key features of women's political empowerment in Nigeria was 0.732 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest key features of women's political empowerment recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.732 in 2017.
- What is the lowest key features of women's political empowerment recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.288 in 1919.
- How does Nigeria rank for key features of women's political empowerment?
- Nigeria ranks 99th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is key features of women's political empowerment rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Key features of women's political empowerment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which women enjoy civil liberties, can participate in civil society, and are represented in politics.