A northern Nigerian traditional ruler inaugurating a newly-built community health facility in a moderately-resourced northern state, cutting a ceremonial ribbon at the facility entrance, wearing traditional Hausa-Fulani formal attire including babban riga and turban, with community members and health officials in attendance.

Where the burden is

Nigeria's Malaria Geography

36 States and the Federal Capital Territory reached, classified into four NMEP transmission bands. Click any state to see SNMS findings against the official burden context.

States and the FCT

NMEP transmission bands

States in the High burden band (historic first)

15.2%

National malaria prevalence (2025 NMIS)

75%

Of states with prevalence reduction since 2021

Nigeria's 2025 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey classifies every state into one of four transmission bands based on confirmed malaria prevalence. For the first time, no state sits in the High band. 14 states are Moderate-A, 13 are Moderate-B, 8 are Low-A, and 2 are Low-B. The map below shows that geography. Click any state to see who SNMS reached there and how their experience compares to the state's NMEP burden context.

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NMEP band:

Moderate-A

Moderate-B

Low-A

Low-B

SNMS reached respondents in all 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory. State boundaries on the map are drawn from the Local Government Area boundaries; clicking anywhere inside a state opens that state's summary.

Click a state on the map to see its SNMS findings.

Who SNMS reached

National demographic profile of respondents

These six charts summarize the demographics of all 80,269 SNMS respondents across Nigeria. State-level breakdowns appear in the State at a Glance panel above.

Age band

18-2415,933 · 19.9%
25-3425,366 · 31.7%
35-4410,835 · 13.6%
45-544,656 · 5.8%
55-643,208 · 4.0%
65+547 · 0.7%
<181,420 · 1.8%
Unknown (15+)17,985 · 22.5%

Gender

Male45,732 · 57.2%
Female34,218 · 42.8%

Education

Higher / Post-secondary39,699 · 49.7%
Secondary27,461 · 34.3%
Postgraduate8,741 · 10.9%
Primary2,780 · 3.5%
Vocational867 · 1.1%
No formal education402 · 0.5%

Religion

Christian42,550 · 53.0%
Islam36,253 · 45.2%
Traditional634 · 0.8%
Other535 · 0.7%

Geopolitical zone

NMEP transmission band

Mod-A0 · 0.0%
Mod-B0 · 0.0%
Low-A0 · 0.0%
Low-B0 · 0.0%