Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Nigeria
Nigeria: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 1 GPIA in 2013. ▼ Falling
Latest (2013)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
148th
of 211 countries
All-time high
1.11 GPIA
in 1978
All-time low
0.9946 GPIA
in 1989
Years of data
16
1970–2013
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Nigeria, 1970–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2013, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Nigeria stood at 1 GPIA.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Nigeria peaked at 1.11 GPIA in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.9946 GPIA, in 1989.
That places Nigeria 148th out of 211 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.04 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 1.1 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 1.11 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 1.08 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 1.07 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 1.02 GPIA | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 1.05 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9946 GPIA | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 0.9952 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.07 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 1.04 GPIA | 0.9946 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 6 |
| 1990s | 0.9952 GPIA | 0.9952 GPIA | 0.9952 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 145 Congo 1 GPIA compare
- 146 Mauritania 1 GPIA compare
- 147 Papua New Guinea 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Argentina 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Bahamas 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Bermuda 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Barbados 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Botswana 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Dominica 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Western Sahara 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Falkland Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Gibraltar 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Grenada 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Guam 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Guyana 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Jamaica 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Kiribati 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Marshall Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Malawi 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Namibia 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Nauru 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Palau 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Singapore 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Solomon Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Sierra Leone 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Somalia 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Turkmenistan 1 GPIA
- 148 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA compare
- 148 United States 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Venezuela 1 GPIA compare
- 148 United States Virgin Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Samoa 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Zambia 1 GPIA compare
- 148 Zimbabwe 1 GPIA compare
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 share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Nigeria?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Nigeria was 1 GPIA in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPIA in 1978.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9946 GPIA in 1989.
- How does Nigeria rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Nigeria ranks 148th out of 211 countries with data for 2013.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release