Nigeria's adult literacy rose from 55.5 % in 1991 to 70.4 % in 2024.
Nigeria's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 79.8 % in 1989 to 89.6 % in 2023.
Nigeria · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 13 with data
Nigeria's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 71.2 % in 1991 to 81.4 % in 2024.
Nigeria's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 17.3 % in 1981 to 46.9 % in 2023.
Nigeria's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.7 % in 1975 to 9.7 % in 2011.
Nigeria's children out of school, primary rose from 7.54M in 1999 to 9.07M in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.3 pts110th of 136*
- Tertiary attainmentup +6.8 pts61st of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +4.1 pts57th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs168th of 195
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- Education spendingdown −0.0 pts120th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.7 pts98th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −18.5 %113th of 139*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Nigeria.