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ASSET OWNERSHIP BY WOMEN

Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide multiple benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place to live, livelihoods, protection during emergencies, and collateral. Many studies demonstrate the important relationship between asset ownership, poverty reduction, and growth.

Lack of assets may make a woman vulnerable to various forms of violence and affects her decision-making power in the family. Although the Nigerian constitution gives equal property rights to women, tradition and women’s low social and economic status limit their ownership of assets.

2016 MIND THE GAP REPORT RANKINGS FOR ASSET OWNERSHIP BY WOMEN

RANK

STATE

FEMALE POPULATION*

PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO OWN HOUSES

PROPORTION OF WOMEN WHO OWN LAND

#1

2,306,300

44.7%

40.2%

#2

1,739,725

37.2%

42.2%

#3

1,971,093

37.7%

37.1%

#4

2,271,254

40%

25.3%

#5

1,871,180

30.6%

33.5%

#6

1,153,744

24%

31.6%

#6

1,430,758

34.9%

22.5%

#8

2,492,536

43.7%

16.7%

#8

1,882,608

27.5%

23%

#8

2,614,598

48.2%

16.2%

#11

3,361,990

22.4%

23.2%

#12

2,608,370

22%

20.5%

#13

1,582,919

21.3%

20.3%

#13

1,563,951

22.9%

18.1%

#15

1,168,191

10.9%

24.5%

#16

4,021,828

16.8%

16.8%

#17

1,671,845

14.2%

19.8%

#17

5,725,807

24.9%

11.6%

#19

2,753,513

14.7%

14.9%

#19

2,195,595

14.4%

15.2%

#21

2,560,312

10.4%

13.2%

#21

2,714,626

16.6%

9.1%

#23

5,905,280

9.2%

14.1%

#24

2,586,400

8.9%

10.8%

#25

2,560,351

7.1%

10.5%

#26

3,654,092

10.2%

6.6%

#27

2,596,948

5.4%

9.7%

#27

1,357,355

6.3%

8.1%

#29

2,990,947

5.1%

7.5%

#29

1,891,333

8.5%

5.1%

#29

1,864,674

6.1%

7.2%

#32

1,322,158

4.4%

6.5%

#33

2,756,631

3.3%

6.5%

#34

1,910,050

2.7%

4.6%

#34

2,138,995

3.7%

3.6%

#36

1,390,123

1.5%

2.3%

#37

3,695,066

1.1%

1.8%

* - 2015 Estimates

Source:
National Bureau of Statistics
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