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Nigeria: School enrollment, primary, private

23.27percent · 2023+259.4% since 2009

Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1970 to 2023.

19702023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202323.268
202119.11
202017.859
201819.737
201612.656
201413.475
201314.851
201214.851
201115.691
20107.966
20096.474
20085.137
20075.568
20065.004
20006.498
197230.083
197144.022
197037.678

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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, private. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-private (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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