Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Nigeria
Nigeria: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8167 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Nigeria, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 0.8167 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Nigeria peaked at 0.8167 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7223 GPIA, in 2016.
That places Nigeria 87th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.7223 GPIA | — |
| 2018 | 0.7498 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7856 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 0.8083 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.8162 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8167 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7526 GPIA | 0.7223 GPIA | 0.7856 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.8137 GPIA | 0.8083 GPIA | 0.8167 GPIA | 3 |
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 89.59 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 89.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Nigeria?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Nigeria was 0.8167 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8167 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7223 GPIA in 2016.
- How does Nigeria rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Nigeria ranks 87th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. 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 Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release