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Nigeria: Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes

76,338count · 2018+83.6% since 2008

Students who have crossed a national or territorial border for the purpose of education and are now enrolled outside their country of origin. Annual figures for Nigeria from 1998 to 2018.

19982018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201876,338
201785,925
201696,702
201592,548
201479,467
201363,904
201257,640
201157,055
201052,433
200949,913
200841,585
200737,664
200635,416
200534,253
200430,755
200328,451
200225,566
200123,676
200023,373
199922,464
199822,135

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-total-outbound-internationally-mobile-tertiary-students-studying-abroa (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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