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Nigeria: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total
0.60percent · 2023
The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent. Reported as: cumulative. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2019 to 2023.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.601 | |
| 2022 | 0.482 | |
| 2019 | 0.093 |
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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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World Bank (2026). Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-educational-attainment-doctoral-or-equivalent-population-25-total (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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