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Nigeria: Primary education, pupils

47.50percent · 2016+5.8% since 2005

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2016.

19722016

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201647.498
201448.623
201348.37
201248.37
201147.305
201046.664
200946.346
200846.136
200745.988
200645.358
200544.884
200444.734
200344.566
200244.386
200144.418
200043.931
199943.83
199645.29
199544.544
199444.065
199343.728
199244.118
199143.805
199043.194
198944.994
198842.413
198744.385
198644.289
198544.02
198443.035
198342.978
198243.388
198143.7
198043.494
197943.148
197843.354
197742.576
197640.166
197339.97
197239.086
197138.4
197036.964

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary education, pupils. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-education-pupils (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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