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Nigeria: School age population, tertiary education, both sexes

24.05Mcount · 2025+38.7% since 2015

School age population, tertiary education, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.5T8. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202524,053,996
202423,123,452
202322,407,552
202221,660,804
202120,904,656
202020,180,250
201919,519,868
201818,909,880
201718,337,554
201617,821,298
201517,348,066
201416,862,132
201316,387,497
201215,956,957
201115,535,244
201015,138,991
200914,794,219
200814,486,830
200714,209,201
200613,993,186
200513,781,730
200413,546,690
200313,295,585
200213,021,928
200112,720,288
200012,398,600

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, tertiary education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-5t8 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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