Upper secondary completion in Nigeria
In Nigeria, 68.5% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2003.
Nigeria, 2024
68.5%
Change from 2021
+14.8percentage points
Upper secondary completion in Nigeria over time
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Nigeria
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 68.5% |
| 2021 | 53.7% |
| 2018 | 49.2% |
| 2016 | 49.4% |
| 2013 | 49.7% |
| 2011 | 46.1% |
| 2010 | 45.1% |
| 2008 | 48.1% |
| 2007 | 35.8% |
| 2003 | 39.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 53.7% in 2021, a change of +14.8 percentage points.
- Since 2003, when it was 39.4%, the figure has changed by +29.1 percentage points.