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Nigeria: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes
27.31percent · 2024
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (household survey data) (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OAEPG.H.1. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2003 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27.314 | |
| 2021 | 29.692 | |
| 2019 | 27.559 | |
| 2018 | 25.321 | |
| 2016 | 28.356 | |
| 2013 | 19.16 | |
| 2011 | 18.37 | |
| 2008 | 21.99 | |
| 2007 | 21.24 | |
| 2003 | 31.38 |
Source
Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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UIS (2026). Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-oaepg-h-1 (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes in other countries
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- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Brazil
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- Burundi
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- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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