Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Nigeria
Nigeria: Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity was 0.7556 LPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Nigeria, 2003β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.7556 LPIA for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 54.0% on the previous year and up 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Nigeria peaked at 0.7556 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4167 LPIA, in 2007.
That places Nigeria 45th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4681 LPIA | 0.4167 LPIA | 0.5087 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5311 LPIA | 0.4748 LPIA | 0.6537 LPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.6232 LPIA | 0.4907 LPIA | 0.7556 LPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More education data for Nigeria
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.6% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Nigeria?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity in Nigeria was 0.7556 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7556 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4167 LPIA in 2007.
- How does Nigeria rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity?
- Nigeria ranks 45th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.4%. 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, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release