Primary net enrolment in Nigeria
In Nigeria, 75.7% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Nigeria, 2023
75.7%
Change from 2010
+13.8percentage points
Position in 2023
144th of 157
Primary net enrolment in Nigeria over time
View
Nigeria
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of children of primary school 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 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 75.7% |
| 2010 | 61.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2009 | 62.1%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2008 | 61.1%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2007 | 67.6%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2006 | 65.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2005 | 65.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2004 | 64.6%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- The previous available figure was 61.9% in 2010, a change of +13.8 percentage points.
- Since 1999, when it was 61.4%, the figure has changed by +14.3 percentage points.
- Among the 157 countries with data for 2023, Nigeria has the 144th highest value.
More for Nigeria
All statistics for Nigeria
Out-of-school children
24.3%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
89.6%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
13.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
77.4%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
74.1%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
68.5%
2024 · UNESCO UIS