Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
4.2% Nigeria, 2025
Up 0.3 points from 3.9% in 2024.
Administrative dataYearlySDG 5.5.1
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SG.GEN.PARL.ZS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · CC-BY-4.0
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How we know
- Definition
- Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.
- Type of figure
- Administrative data. Counted from government or institutional records, such as school registers or health facility reports.
- Updated
- Yearly
- SDG target
- 5.5.1
- Compiled from
- Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SG.GEN.PARL.ZS)
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Version
- Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026
- Cite this
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SG.GEN.PARL.ZS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
All years
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 3.9% |
| 2023 | 3.9% |
| 2022 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 3.6% |
| 2020 | 7.2% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 5.6% |
| 2017 | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 5.6% |
| 2015 | 5.6% |
| 2014 | 6.7% |
| 2013 | 6.7% |
| 2012 | 6.7% |
| 2011 | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 7.0% |
| 2009 | 7.0% |
| 2008 | 7.0% |
| 2007 | 7.0% |
| 2006 | 6.1% |
| 2005 | 6.4% |
| 2004 | 4.7% |
| 2003 | 4.7% |
| 2002 | 3.4% |
| 2001 | 3.4% |
| 2000 | 3.4% |