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Nigeria: Primary education, teachers

55.23percent · 2021+16.5% since 2001

Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2021.

19702021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202155.233
202057.741
201853.784
201048.2
200748.289
200650.474
200550.86
200450.758
200347.607
200249.291
200147.406
200047.858
199948.025
199647.942
199546.786
199446.393
199344.81
199244.913
199142.66
199042.907
198944.518
198736.758
198640.779
198232.869
198134.49
197627.986
197326.797
197226.306
197122.39
197023.663

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

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