2018 STATISTICAL REPORT ON WOMEN AND MEN IN NIGERIA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS MAY 2019 i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................ ii PREFACE ...................................................................................................................................... vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ ix LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... xiii LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... xv LIST OF ACRONYMS................................................................................................................ xvi CHAPTER 1: POPULATION ....................................................................................................... 1 Key Findings ................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 A. General Population Patterns ................................................................................................ 1 1. Population and Growth Rate ............................................................................................. 1 2. Distribution of Population of the Elderly (60+ Years) by Year and Sex ........................ 2 CHAPTER 2: HEALTH ................................................................................................................. 3 Key Findings ................................................................................................................................ 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3 A. Life Expectancy at Birth ........................................................................................................ 4 B. HIV and AIDS ........................................................................................................................ 5 1. Percentage Distribution of HIV Patients by Year and Sex ............................................. 5 2. Percentage Distribution of HIV Patients that have Access to Antiretroviral Treatment by Year and Sex ................................................................................................... 6 C. Reproductive Health .............................................................................................................. 7 1. Total Fertility Rate .............................................................................................................. 7 2. Adolescent Fertility ............................................................................................................. 8 3. Antenatal Care .................................................................................................................... 9 3. Contraceptive Use ............................................................................................................. 11 D. Maternal Mortality Rate ..................................................................................................... 12 E. Early Childhood Mortality Rate ......................................................................................... 13 1. Neonatal Mortality Rate ................................................................................................... 13 2. Infant and Under 5 Mortality .......................................................................................... 14 3. Child Mortality Rate ......................................................................................................... 15 F. Health Personnel ................................................................................................................... 15 Doctors and Dentists ............................................................................................................. 15 CHAPTER 3: EDUCATION ....................................................................................................... 16 Key Findings ............................................................................................................................... 16 ii Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 16 A. Educational Outcomes ......................................................................................................... 17 1. Literacy .............................................................................................................................. 17 B. Participation in Education ................................................................................................... 17 1. Enrolment in Primary Education .................................................................................... 17 2. Secondary Education ........................................................................................................ 18 2.1: Percentage Distribution of Enrolment in Junior Secondary Schools by Sex, 2014 - 2016 ......................................................................................................................................... 18 2.2: Percentage Distribution of Enrolment in Senior Secondary Schools by Sex, 2014 - 2016 ......................................................................................................................................... 19 2.3. Completion rate .............................................................................................................. 19 2.4: Distribution of West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) by Year and Sex ..................................................................................................................... 20 2.5: Distribution of West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) by Sex (November/December 2014 - 2017) ......................................................................... 21 2.6: Distribution of NECO (SSC) Examination by Year and Sex (June/July)................. 22 2.7 Distribution of NECO (SSC) Examination by Year and Sex (Nov/Dec) .................... 23 3. Tertiary Education ............................................................................................................ 24 3.1 Enrolment and New Entrance into Nigerian Colleges of Education (2014/2015 – 2016/2017) .............................................................................................................................. 24 3.2 Enrolment and Out-Turn in Colleges of Health Science (2014/2015) ........................ 25 3.3 Enrolment and Out-Turn in Polytechnics (2013/2014 and 2014/2015) ...................... 26 3.4: Student’s Enrolment in Nigerian Universities (2017) ................................................. 26 C. Teaching Staff/Non-Teaching Staff .................................................................................... 27 1. Percentage of Teaching Staff in Institutions by Sex (2014/15 – 2016/17) ..................... 27 2. Non-Academic Staff of Federal Colleges of Education (2014/2015 - 2016/2017) ......... 28 3. Academic and Non-Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities (2017) ............................ 29 4. Percentage Distribution of Professors in Nigerian Universities (2017) ........................ 29 CHAPTER 4: WORK ................................................................................................................... 30 Key Findings .............................................................................................................................. 30 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 30 A. Women and Men in State and Federal Civil Service ........................................................ 30 1. Employment in State Civil Service by Category ............................................................ 30 2: Distribution of Employment in State Civil Service by Grade Level, Year and Sex .... 32 3. Employment in Federal MDAs by Grade Level and Sex (2015 – 2017) ....................... 33 CHAPTER 5: POWER AND DECISION MAKING ................................................................ 34 Key Findings .............................................................................................................................. 34 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 34 iii A. Politics and Governance ...................................................................................................... 34 1. Executives .............................................................................................................................. 35 1a. Representation in Executive Arm of Government ....................................................... 35 1b. Appointive Ministerial Political Position ...................................................................... 35 1c. Secretary to the Government of the Federation ..........................................................