Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :22.3
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 13.8
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :43.4
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :19.5
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Inequality Index Rank :168 (1)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :123 (2)
Nigeria | 2022 | 2026
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Nigeria | 2020
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Nigeria | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Nigeria | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Nigeria | 2015
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against children survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Nigeria | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Nigeria | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Violence against women and girls
Nigeria | 2014
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against children survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Nigeria | 2013
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.
(2) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.