What is the difference in children out of school, primary, female between Lower middle income and Nigeria?

17.46 million, with Lower middle income ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nigeria?

9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, primary, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lower middle income vs Nigeria: Children out of school, primary, female

Lower middle income

22.14 million

in 2025

Nigeria

4.68 million

in 2023

Lower middle income rank

1st

Nigeria rank

1st

Children out of school, primary, female over time

Lower middle income
Nigeria

How they compare

Lower middle income currently reports 22.14 million against 4.68 million in Nigeria, a difference of 17.46 million.

That makes Lower middle income's figure about 4.7 times Nigeria's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Lower middle income has been ahead every year.

Lower middle income ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 5 groups.

Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lower middle income	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
2000s	36.34 million	4.81 million	31.54 million	Lower middle income
2010s	28.56 million	5.84 million	22.72 million	Lower middle income
2020s	22.66 million	4.68 million	17.98 million	Lower middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, primary, female, Lower middle income or Nigeria?: Lower middle income, at 22.14 million against 4.68 million in Nigeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in children out of school, primary, female between Lower middle income and Nigeria?: 17.46 million, with Lower middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nigeria?: 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Lower middle income and Nigeria rank globally for children out of school, primary, female?: Lower middle income ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 5 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, primary, female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Children out of school, primary, female
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 182 places, 3,681 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.