• Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Staff Email
Sunday, July 27, 2025
  • Login
TheMattersPress
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Thematterspress
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Photo
    • Video
  • About us
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Thematterspress
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Photo
    • Video
  • About us
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
TheMattersPress
No Result
View All Result
Home Economy/Technology

Life expectancy rate increases in 2015 to 2022 – NBS

Life

The Matters Press by The Matters Press
December 13, 2023
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
Free public transportation for retirees begins in Lagos

Abuja, Dec. 13, 2023: Life expectancy rate for males and females in Nigeria witnessed a gradual and continuous increase from 2015 to 2022, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

RELATED POSTS

Alleged Wasteful Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Refineries: Setting the records straight

IMPI seeks forensic audit of refineries from 2000 to 2023 ‎ ‎

‎ADC erred, APC administrations never spent $18bn on refineries-IMPI ‎

This is contained in the 7th Edition of the NBS Demographic Statistics Bulletin 2022 released in Abuja on Tuesday.

The statistical bulletin presents an updated version of previous key demographic indicators such as population, trafficking in persons, fertility, mortality, reproductive health issues and health records, remittances inflows and outflows, and NIN registration in Nigeria from 2019-2022.

The data for the publication was compiled from related documents of relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), using appropriate techniques.

The report said life expectancy at birth indicates the average number of years a group of newborn infants would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of birth were to remain the same all through their lives.

It said life expectancy at birth for males grew from 53.2 years in 2015 to 55.1 years in 2022, while life expectancy for females increased from 55.3 years in 2015 to 57.2 years in 2022.

“It is important to note that the life expectancy at birth for the female population in Nigeria is higher than the male population.

“The life expectancy of females exceeded males by 2.1 years each in 2021 and 2022.

“These increases indicate that there have been improvements over the period in the well-being of women and children (both males and females) as well as improvements in Nigeria’s healthcare system.

“It also shows that there was a decline in cause-specific mortality rate.”

The NBS said to further improve life expectancy at birth in Nigeria, there was a need for the government to invest in highly cost-effective health-promoting policies and interventions.

It said the investment should be especially in upgrading healthcare for women and children, improving child nutrition, reducing indoor and outdoor air pollution, addressing unmet family planning needs, improving access to safe drinking water, etc.

The report said results of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 6, 2021) revealed that Jigawa had the highest percentage of non-compliance to any method of contraceptive at 93.0 per cent.

It said Lagos had the lowest percentage at 54.7 per cent.

The report also revealed that Lagos recorded the highest number of uses of modern contraceptive methods at 36.6 per cent, while Jigawa had the lowest at 3.6 per cent.

The NBS said the projected population figure for Nigeria in 2022 was 216,783,381, comprising 108,350,410 males and 108,432,971 females.

The report said data from the Central Bank of Nigeria showed that the United Kingdom ranked top among other countries in terms of inward flow of remittance with 12.36 billion dollars in 2021.

“While the United States of America stood top in outward flows of remittance within the same period with 13.37 million dollars,” it said.

It said Benin Republic accounted for over half of the total rescued foreign victims of trafficking in Nigeria constituting 61.22 per cent of the entire foreigners rescued in 2021.

“This was followed by Cameroonians and Togolese at 24.49 per cent and 8.16 per cent, respectively.

The report said a total of 103 human traffickers were intercepted between 2019 to 2021, while procurement of persons for sexual exploitation stood top with 28 traffickers.

“This was followed by fraudulent entry of persons with 20 traffickers, and buying or selling human beings for exploitation with 17 traffickers.”

It showed that 482 Nigerian victims were rescued from 2019 to 2021, with Mali recording the highest number with 142 persons, followed by Benin Republic with 54 persons.

The report said South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, India, and Gabon recorded the least number of rescued Nigerian victims with one person each.

It said the total number of registrations and issuance of National Identification Numbers increased in 2021 to 27,052,148 from 5,017,806 in 2020 and 5,836,663 in 2019.

The NBS said the upward movement in 2021 registrations could be attributed to the deadline given to Nigerians by the Federal Government.

“While setbacks or low registrations for 2020 could be attributed to the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ” NBS said.

Tags: Life
ShareTweetPin
The Matters Press

The Matters Press

Related Posts

POLICY STATEMENT 027 BY THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA AND POLICY INITIATIVE (IMPI)
Economy/Technology

Alleged Wasteful Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Refineries: Setting the records straight

July 25, 2025
Dangote Fertilizer in gas supply deal
Economy/Technology

IMPI seeks forensic audit of refineries from 2000 to 2023 ‎ ‎

July 25, 2025
Nigeria’s Dangote refinery will cut Africa’s petrol import by 36%
Economy/Technology

‎ADC erred, APC administrations never spent $18bn on refineries-IMPI ‎

July 25, 2025
Nigerian firms to handle $4b gas project
Economy/Technology

ADC’s claim on refinery sale, horrendous half truth

July 23, 2025
Tinubu inaugurates economic council
Energy

‎No political undertone in Tinubu’s befitting honour for Buhari, TDF ‎

July 23, 2025
Babangida Aliyu’s Exit from ADC, a testament to Coalition’s deceitful recruitment- Group
Economy/Technology

‎Stop scapegoating Tinubu, stick to ethics of internal democracy, Group tells ADC ‎

July 20, 2025
Next Post
TCN upgrades Egbin Transmission Substation

TCN undergoes restructuring as it installs CCT cameras to minimise vandalism

NIPC begins validation of investors’ readiness to invest in Nigeria

NIPC commits to quality investments

Recommended Stories

What Central Bank did to First Bank, experts excited as new directors emerge

FirstBank, SMEDAN seal deal to develop, promote MSMEs

June 15, 2023
Wema Bank woos customers to attract inflow of FOREX

Wema Bank woos customers to attract inflow of FOREX

August 21, 2022
Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea in talks to boost gas production

NNPCL moves to use gas to revolutionise power, industries

December 21, 2023

Popular Stories

  • Rising prices of goods cause protests in Morocco

    Rising prices of goods cause protests in Morocco

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • NLNG not responsible for gas supply shortfall, price hike

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • NCC sets fresh operational fees, spectrum prices for telecom operators

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Hoarding causes hike in prices of grains

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Prices of Petrol, diesel increase in November

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
TheMattersPress

We bring you the best news update in Nigeria

LEARN MORE »

Recent Posts

  • Alleged Wasteful Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Refineries: Setting the records straight
  • IMPI seeks forensic audit of refineries from 2000 to 2023 ‎ ‎
  • ‎ADC erred, APC administrations never spent $18bn on refineries-IMPI ‎

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Economy/Technology
  • Energy
  • Entertainment/sports
  • Features
  • Foreign
  • Multimedia
  • Natural Resources
  • News
  • Oil and Gas
  • Photo
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Thematterspress
  • Uncategorized
  • Video

© 2025 Domo Tech World - Powered by Thematterspress.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Thematterspress
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Photo
    • Video
  • About us
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Domo Tech World - Powered by Thematterspress.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Call Us