Expenditure of Nigerian households on health care 2019, by area

In 2019, Nigerian households spent on average 6.1 percent of their total annual expenditure on health. This share was lower in urban areas than in rural areas, where the expenditure peaked at 7.3 percent.

Data on health insurance coverage show that only 1.4 percent of people living in rural areas had a health insurance. Overall, insurance coverage in Nigeria is very low. In particular, among individuals without education the coverage was below one percent.