UIS · Education

Nigeria: School age population, early childhood education, both sexes

33.25Mcount · 2025+5.3% since 2015

School age population, early childhood education, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.0. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202533,250,232
202432,983,240
202332,833,984
202232,791,128
202132,898,200
202032,956,904
201932,902,152
201832,753,820
201732,498,156
201632,081,712
201531,562,686
201430,991,920
201330,327,284
201229,601,378
201128,861,016
201028,095,830
200927,330,776
200826,581,976
200725,827,818
200625,068,300
200524,275,336
200423,459,534
200322,689,260
200221,970,908
200121,310,400
200020,722,988

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). School age population, early childhood education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-0 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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