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Nigeria: School enrollment, primary (% gross)

89.59percent · 2023+12.2% since 2010

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2023.

19792023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202389.587
202183.809
202084.372
201881.628
201678.878
201525.566
201484.122
201387.835
201285.913
201184.681
201079.83
200980.309
200879.269
200788.069
200696.662
200596.306
200495.781
200394.81
200293.698
200192.525
200095.51
199991.583
199676.797
199587.448
199491.538
199391.296
199286.744
199182.323
199083.103
198979.762
198881.844
198785.857
198689.578
1985102.758
1984109.09
1983110.334
1982110.624
1981101.564
198094.183
197989.34
197876.002
197759.879
197649.035
197351.14
197249.551
197145.176
197041.906

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary (% gross). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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