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Nigeria
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

Global rank#177out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

7.26.35.34.33.4200020132025Nigeria · 2025: 4.21%Nigeria

Analytical takeaways

  • Nigeria records 4.21% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #177 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 3.42% in 2000 to 4.21% in 2025, a gain of 0.79%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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