#YouAsked Covid-19 Health Which Nigerian state has the largest number of coronavirus cases? Source Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Short answer Which Nigerian state has the largest number of coronavirus cases? As of 12 December 2022, Lagos had the largest number of Covid-19 cases with 104,204 lab-confirmed cases. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population Sex & gender What share of Nigeria’s population is female? Source World Bank: Population, female - Nigeria Short answer What share of Nigeria’s population is female? In 2021, Nigeria’s female population was roughly 104 million or 49.3%. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population What is the size of Nigeria’s population? Source World Bank: Population, total - Nigeria Short answer What is the size of Nigeria’s population? Nigeria's population was estimated at 211.4 million in 2021. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population How many poor people are there in Nigeria? Source Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (2022) Short answer How many poor people are there in Nigeria? 133 million Nigerians are poor, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In its latest National Multidimensional Poverty Index report, the NBS said that 63% of Nigerians were poor due to a lack of access to health, education, living standards, employment and security. The Multidimension... Back Full answer
Covid-19 Health #YouAsked What is the current figure of Nigerians vaccinated against Covid-19? Source WHO: Covid-19 Dashboard - Nigeria Short answer What is the current figure of Nigerians vaccinated against Covid-19? As of 9 October 2022, a total of 80,602,232 vaccine doses have been administered. This works out to 37.7 doses per 100 people, against a world average of 162 doses per 100 people. ... Back Full answer
Sex & gender Welfare & population What share of Nigeria's doctor population is female? Source Africa Check FACTSHEET: What the numbers say about the fortunes of Nigeria’s women Short answer What share of Nigeria's doctor population is female? According to the statistical report on men and women, female doctors made up less than 35% of all doctors in 2017 and 2018. In 2019 this share increased slightly to 35.04%. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population Sex & gender What share of Nigeria's teacher population is female? Source Africa Check FACTSHEET: What the numbers say about the fortunes of Nigeria’s women Short answer What share of Nigeria's teacher population is female? In 2019, 56.2% of primary school teachers across Nigeria were female. This dropped to 50.4% in secondary schools and 23.6% among university academic staff. Women accounted for just 15% of professors. ... Back Full answer
Welfare & population Sex & gender What share of Nigeria's female adult population is literate? Source Africa Check FACTSHEET: What the numbers say about the fortunes of Nigeria’s women Short answer What share of Nigeria's female adult population is literate? Literacy data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) showed that 59.3% of young women aged 15 to 24 in Nigeria were literate, compared to 70.9% for men. This data was from the 2016/17 multi-indicator cluster survey. A person was considered literate if they could read a short, si... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Covid-19 How many ventilators are there in Nigeria? Source The National Center for Biotechnology Information - Bulletin of the National Research Centre: A critical evaluation of Nigeria's response to the first wave of COVID-19 Short answer How many ventilators are there in Nigeria? While there has been no official data on the number of ventilators that are available in Nigeria, it is estimated there were 450 ventilators at the start of the pandemic. For a country with a population of about 200 million people, an extrapolation using the figure would mean that there were just ab... Back Full answer