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Nigeria: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes

27.94percent · 2024

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (household survey data) (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.H.1. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2003 to 2024.

20032024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202427.937
202125.632
201928.35
201828.186
201633.569
201328.914
201124.82
200829.004
200738.056
200329.357

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). Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-h-1 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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