Figures checked 1 November 2026
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Births delivered in a health facility (%)

43.3% Nigeria, 2024

Up 2.3 points from 41.0% in 2018.

Survey estimateEach survey round

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission · Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) · RH_DELP_C_DHF · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · DHS-TERMS, no commercial reuse without permission

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By state

2024 · darker means higher
Abia: 86.0%Adamawa: 41.6%Akwa Ibom: 38.6%Anambra: 83.2%Bauchi: 31.1%Benue: 59.0%Borno: 45.9%Bayelsa: 46.1%Cross River: 58.8%Delta: 83.0%Ebonyi: 79.4%Edo: 90.9%Ekiti: 81.7%Enugu: 92.6%FCT, Abuja: 81.3%Gombe: 48.5%Imo: 97.0%Jigawa: 21.4%Kaduna: 25.9%Kebbi: 8.8%Kano: 32.7%Kogi: 62.2%Katsina: 15.8%Kwara: 51.5%Lagos: 85.8%Nasarawa: 55.7%Niger: 30.2%Ogun: 83.3%Ondo: 83.2%Osun: 86.7%Oyo: 75.0%Plateau: 45.7%Rivers: 56.9%Sokoto: 12.5%Taraba: 33.0%Yobe: 32.1%Zamfara: 15.3%
8.8%–31.1%31.1%–45.9%45.9%–62.2%62.2%–83.2%83.2%–97.0%
  1. 1Imo97.0%
  2. 2Enugu92.6%
  3. 3Edo90.9%
  4. 4Osun86.7%
  5. 5Abia86.0%
  6. 6Lagos85.8%
  7. 7Ogun83.3%
  8. 8Anambra83.2%
  9. 9Ondo83.2%
  10. 10Delta83.0%
  11. 11Ekiti81.7%
  12. 12FCT, Abuja81.3%
  13. 13Ebonyi79.4%
  14. 14Oyo75.0%
  15. 15Kogi62.2%
  16. 16Benue59.0%
  17. 17Cross River58.8%
  18. 18Rivers56.9%
  19. 19Nasarawa55.7%
  20. 20Kwara51.5%
  21. 21Gombe48.5%
  22. 22Bayelsa46.1%
  23. 23Borno45.9%
  24. 24Plateau45.7%
  25. 25Adamawa41.6%
  26. 26Akwa Ibom38.6%
  27. 27Taraba33.0%
  28. 28Kano32.7%
  29. 29Yobe32.1%
  30. 30Bauchi31.1%
  31. 31Niger30.2%
  32. 32Kaduna25.9%
  33. 33Jigawa21.4%
  34. 34Katsina15.8%
  35. 35Zamfara15.3%
  36. 36Sokoto12.5%
  37. 37Kebbi8.8%

Black line: Nigeria overall, 43.3%.

Who is behind the national figure

2024 · black line: Nigeria overall
Urban or rural
Urban
66.3%
Rural
29.1%
Wealth group
Poorest fifth
17.9%
Second fifth
25.3%
Middle fifth
41.5%
Fourth fifth
63.6%
Richest fifth
88.8%
Education level
No education
18.4%
Primary
38.9%
Secondary
65.0%
More than secondary
89.8%

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (NG2024DHS), version 3. Survey estimates have margins of error; groups whose bars are close may not differ. Download breakdowns (CSV)

How we know

Definition
Share of live births in the five years before the survey that took place in a health facility.
Type of figure
Survey estimate. Estimated from a household survey, so it has a margin of error. Where the survey publishes one, the 95% confidence interval is shown.
Updated
Each survey round
Source
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (DHS:RH_DELP_C_DHF)
Licence
DHS-TERMS
Version
Dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026
Cite this
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API), indicator DHS:RH_DELP_C_DHF. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: DHS-TERMS.

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All years

YearValue
202443.3%
201841.0%
201337.7%
200835.7%
200334.1%
199032.3%