East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Nigeria: Primary education, pupils, per capita

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
0.0837 units per person
in 2024
Nigeria
0.1466 units per person
in 2023
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
32nd
Nigeria rank
35th

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.1466 units per person against 0.0837 units per person in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0629 units per person.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.8 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1970 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 32nd and Nigeria ranks 35th of 45 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Nigeria Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1438 units per person 0.0881 units per person 0.0557 units per person East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1980s 0.1376 units per person 0.1572 units per person 0.0196 units per person Nigeria
1990s 0.1165 units per person 0.1419 units per person 0.0254 units per person Nigeria
2000s 0.0984 units per person 0.1451 units per person 0.0467 units per person Nigeria
2010s 0.0838 units per person 0.1245 units per person 0.0406 units per person Nigeria
2020s 0.0837 units per person 0.1422 units per person 0.0585 units per person Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 0.1466 units per person against 0.0837 units per person in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Nigeria?
0.0629 units per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Nigeria?
47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Nigeria rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 32nd and Nigeria ranks 35th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.