Nigeria vs UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled

Nigeria
7.54 million
in 2023
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
274.67 million
in 2024
Nigeria rank
8th
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank
6th

Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled over time

  • Nigeria
  • UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
0100.0M200.0M300.0M197019972024

How they compare

UNICEF: All Unicef Countries currently reports 274.67 million against 7.54 million in Nigeria, a difference of 267.13 million.

That makes UNICEF: All Unicef Countries's figure about 36.4 times Nigeria's.

Across all 46 years both countries report, UNICEF: All Unicef Countries has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 8th and UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 6th of 218 countries.

UNICEF: All Unicef Countries has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria UNICEF: All Unicef Countries Difference Ahead
1970s 212,333 73.16 million 72.95 million UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
1980s 980,629 102.43 million 101.45 million UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
1990s 1.57 million 143.04 million 141.48 million UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
2000s 2.62 million 195.94 million 193.32 million UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
2010s 5.05 million 238.37 million 233.32 million UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
2020s 6.99 million 265.61 million 258.62 million UNICEF: All Unicef Countries

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled, Nigeria or UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, at 274.67 million against 7.54 million in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled between Nigeria and UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
267.13 million, with UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank globally for enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled?
Nigeria ranks 8th and UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 6th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Nigeria vs UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-secondary-education-female-number-gaps-filled/nigeria/unicef-all-unicef-countries/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/enrolment-in-secondary-education-female-number-gaps-filled/nigeria/unicef-all-unicef-countries/">Nigeria vs UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
439 places, 19,497 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Enrolment in secondary education, female (number) with 736 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.