Which has higher children out of school, primary, Nigeria or Upper middle income?

Upper middle income, at 9.28 million against 9.07 million in Nigeria as of 2025.

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

208,300, with Upper middle income ahead.

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

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nigeria vs Upper middle income: Children out of school, primary

Nigeria

9.07 million

in 2023

Upper middle income

9.28 million

in 2025

Nigeria rank

1st

Upper middle income rank

4th

Children out of school, primary over time

Nigeria
Upper middle income

How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 9.28 million against 9.07 million in Nigeria, a difference of 208,300.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Nigeria ranks 1st and Upper middle income ranks 4th of 197 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Upper middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nigeria	Upper middle income	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.43 million	11.13 million	2.70 million	Upper middle income
2010s	10.29 million	7.66 million	2.63 million	Nigeria
2020s	9.07 million	9.46 million	391,300	Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children out of school, primary, Nigeria or Upper middle income?: Upper middle income, at 9.28 million against 9.07 million in Nigeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in children out of school, primary between Nigeria and Upper middle income?: 208,300, with Upper middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Upper middle income?: 9 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Upper middle income rank globally for children out of school, primary?: Nigeria ranks 1st and Upper middle income ranks 4th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Children out of school, primary. 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
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 4,752 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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