Abstract: The land use act of 1978 is the linchpin for all land related issues in Nigeria, land also has a strong and positive correlation with economic activities in a country. Nigeria being the largest economy in Africa and the 26th largest economy in the world is still grappling issues of gender equality and empowerment. The aim of this research is to explore the nexus between land tenure distribution and the wellbeing of women in Nigeria. Using a cross sectional data of the living standards measurement study-integrated surveys on agriculture, general household survey panel for 2015-2016, the national representative survey of 5,000 households, representing the geopolitical zones consisting of 1907 women of which 558 are in the urban area and 1349 are in the rural area, which contained data on the marital status, years of education, land tenure distribution, health problems, labor activities and average household size.