ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) vs Nigeria: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)

ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
64.18 million
in 2024
Nigeria
1.51 million
in 2011
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) rank
33rd
Nigeria rank
33rd

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) over time

  • ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
  • Nigeria
020.0M40.0M60.0M197019972024

How they compare

ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) currently reports 64.18 million against 1.51 million in Nigeria, a difference of 62.67 million.

That makes ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)'s figure about 42.4 times Nigeria's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) has been ahead every year.

ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 33rd and Nigeria ranks 33rd of 221 groups.

ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 31.49 million 61,878 31.43 million ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
1980s 34.14 million 225,971 33.92 million ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
1990s 43.07 million 699,109 42.37 million ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
2000s 50.57 million 1.14 million 49.44 million ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
2010s 60.70 million 1.45 million 59.25 million ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) or Nigeria?
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), at 64.18 million against 1.51 million in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) between ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) and Nigeria?
62.67 million, with ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) and Nigeria?
24 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2011.
How do ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) and Nigeria rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number)?
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 33rd and Nigeria ranks 33rd of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number), gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
421 places, 19,011 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) with 690 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.