School age population, primary education, female in Nigeria
Nigeria: School age population, primary education, female was 16.44 million number in 2020. ▲ Rising
School age population, primary education, female in Nigeria, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, primary education, female in Nigeria is 16.44 million number, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Nigeria peaked at 16.44 million number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.26 million number, in 1970.
Nigeria ranks 3rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.78 million number | 4.26 million number | 5.43 million number | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.56 million number | 5.62 million number | 7.53 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.55 million number | 7.74 million number | 9.35 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.66 million number | 9.54 million number | 12.05 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.21 million number | 12.43 million number | 16.03 million number | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.44 million number | 16.44 million number | 16.44 million number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More education data for Nigeria
- Duration of pre-primary education 1 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (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 913,305 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.38 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Nigeria?
- School age population, primary education, female in Nigeria was 16.44 million number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 16.44 million number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.26 million number in 1970.
- How does Nigeria rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Nigeria ranks 3rd out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. 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 School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.