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Nigeria: School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)

88.20percent · 2023+16.6% 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
202388.204
202183.415
202083.867
201880.227
201676.097
201525.845
201483.06
201386.271
201284.375
201181.333
201075.64
200975.581
200874.272
200782.266
200689.073
200587.827
200487.037
200385.801
200284.415
200183.374
200085.059
199981.302
199670.322
199578.729
199481.511
199380.661
199277.302
199172.812
199072.445
198972.396
198869.996
198776.791
198679.883
198590.998
198494.35
198395.198
198296.26
198188.933
198082.021
197977.133
197865.874
197750.905
197639.26
197340.525
197238.334
197134.289
197030.584

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary, female (% gross). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-female (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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