Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Nigeria
Nigeria: Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female was 69.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Nigeria, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 69.6% for completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 36.5% on the previous year and up 144.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Nigeria peaked at 69.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.4%, in 2013.
Nigeria ranks 55th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 28.6% | — |
| 2007 | 40.0% | +39.8% |
| 2008 | 32.3% | -19.0% |
| 2010 | 55.0% | +70.0% |
| 2011 | 49.3% | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 28.4% | -42.3% |
| 2016 | 48.4% | +70.2% |
| 2018 | 42.1% | -13.0% |
| 2021 | 51.0% | +21.1% |
| 2024 | 69.6% | +36.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.6% | 28.6% | 40.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 44.6% | 28.4% | 55.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 60.3% | 51.0% | 69.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More education data for Nigeria
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 913,305 (2021)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Nigeria?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female in Nigeria was 69.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 69.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.4% in 2013.
- How does Nigeria rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female?
- Nigeria ranks 55th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release