LGBTQ rights in Nigeria

LGBT rights in Nigeria - rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Nigeria. Article “LGBTQ rights in Nigeria” in English Wikipedia has 65.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 72 references and 12 sections.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “LGBTQ rights in Nigeria” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “LGBTQ rights in Nigeria”, its content was written by 186 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 330 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 447 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1176 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #16085 in September 2012
• Global: #46181 in January 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #23261 in September 2021
• Global: #31729 in September 2021

There are 13 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Hebrew (he) זכויות להט"ב בניגריה		66.8045
2	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Nigeria		65.6789
3	Catalan (ca) Drets del col·lectiu LGBT a Nigèria		60.6713
4	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في نيجيريا		41.5909
5	German (de) Homosexualität in Nigeria		37.0134
6	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Nigérii		34.3746
7	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Nigeria		31.9793
8	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Нигерии		28.3346
9	French (fr) Droits LGBT au Nigeria		28.2728
10	Portuguese (pt) Direitos LGBT na Nigéria		25.7825

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Nigeria" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Nigeria		915 113
2	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Nigeria		96 012
3	German (de) Homosexualität in Nigeria		82 794
4	French (fr) Droits LGBT au Nigeria		36 611
5	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Нигерии		29 791
6	Portuguese (pt) Direitos LGBT na Nigéria		14 412
7	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في نيجيريا		10 950
8	Greek (el) Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στη Νιγηρία		7 492
9	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Nigérii		3 538
10	Indonesian (id) Hak LGBT di Nigeria		1 175

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Nigeria" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Nigeria		5 910
2	German (de) Homosexualität in Nigeria		366
3	French (fr) Droits LGBT au Nigeria		272
4	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Nigeria		261
5	Portuguese (pt) Direitos LGBT na Nigéria		179
6	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Нигерии		167
7	Greek (el) Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στη Νιγηρία		58
8	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Nigérii		37
9	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في نيجيريا		33
10	Indonesian (id) Hak LGBT di Nigeria		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Nigeria" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Nigeria		186
2	French (fr) Droits LGBT au Nigeria		30
3	German (de) Homosexualität in Nigeria		29
4	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Nigeria		24
5	Portuguese (pt) Direitos LGBT na Nigéria		12
6	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Нигерии		10
7	Greek (el) Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στη Νιγηρία		9
8	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Nigérii		7
9	Hebrew (he) זכויות להט"ב בניגריה		7
10	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في نيجيريا		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Nigeria" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Homosexualität in Nigeria		1
2	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Nigeria		1
3	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Nigeria		1
4	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في نيجيريا		0
5	Catalan (ca) Drets del col·lectiu LGBT a Nigèria		0
6	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Nigérii		0
7	Greek (el) Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στη Νιγηρία		0
8	French (fr) Droits LGBT au Nigeria		0
9	Hebrew (he) זכויות להט"ב בניגריה		0
10	Indonesian (id) Hak LGBT di Nigeria		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Nigeria" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Nigeria		447
2	Hebrew (he) זכויות להט"ב בניגריה		260
3	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في نيجيريا		101
4	French (fr) Droits LGBT au Nigeria		67
5	German (de) Homosexualität in Nigeria		62
6	Catalan (ca) Drets del col·lectiu LGBT a Nigèria		58
7	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Nigérii		57
8	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Нигерии		42
9	Greek (el) Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στη Νιγηρία		35
10	Indonesian (id) Hak LGBT di Nigeria		18

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic معاملة المثليين في نيجيريا
ca	Catalan Drets del col·lectiu LGBT a Nigèria
cs	Czech LGBT práva v Nigérii
de	German Homosexualität in Nigeria
el	Greek Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στη Νιγηρία
en	English LGBTQ rights in Nigeria
es	Spanish Diversidad sexual en Nigeria
fr	French Droits LGBT au Nigeria
he	Hebrew זכויות להט"ב בניגריה
id	Indonesian Hak LGBT di Nigeria
pt	Portuguese Direitos LGBT na Nigéria
ru	Russian Права ЛГБТ в Нигерии
vi	Vietnamese Quyền LGBT ở Nigeria

Best Rank

English: #23261 09.2021

Global: #31729 09.2021

Best Rank

English: #16085 09.2012

Global: #46181 01.2025

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