Health insurance coverage in Nigeria 2018, by type and gender
As of 2018, about 97 percent of people surveyed in Nigeria did not have any health insurance. People with a health insurance mainly had an employer-based coverage. Specifically, three percent of men and 1.9 percent of women were provided with an employed based health insurance. Privately purchased insurances were notably uncommon. In total, only about three percent of individuals had a health insurance.