Education and Work (v2.1)

Educational attendance
Educational attendance children 18-20
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

Educational attendance children 18-20

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Nigeria (Africa)  
Total 33.4 34.4 35.3 36.2 37.1 38.0 39.0 39.9 40.1 40.3 40.4 40.6 40.8 39.2 37.6 36.0 34.3 32.7 32.1 31.4 30.8 30.2 29.5 31.6 33.6 35.7 37.7 39.8
Abia 36.5 41.2 45.8 50.5 55.2 59.8 64.5 69.2 67.2 65.3 63.4 61.5 59.5 55.8 52.0 48.2 44.4 40.7 40.7 40.8 40.9 40.9 41.0 43.3 45.6 47.8 50.1 52.4
Abuja FCT 18.9 22.8 26.7 30.7 34.6 38.5 42.5 46.4 48.5 50.6 52.8 54.9 57.0 55.9 54.9 53.8 52.8 51.7 48.8 45.8 42.9 39.9 37.0 40.4 43.9 47.3 50.8 54.2
Adamawa 0.01 5.57 11.1 16.7 23.2 29.7 36.2 42.7 43.9 45.1 46.4 47.6 48.8 46.1 43.5 40.8 38.1 35.5 31.4 27.2 23.1 19.0 14.8 20.7 26.6 32.5 38.3 44.2
Akwa Ibom 52.7 53.4 54.0 54.7 55.4 56.0 56.7 57.4 57.9 58.4 58.9 59.4 60.0 56.1 52.2 48.4 44.5 40.7 39.9 39.1 38.3 37.5 36.7 38.9 41.2 43.4 45.7 48.0
Anambra 60.1 58.6 57.2 55.7 54.3 52.8 51.4 49.9 48.0 46.0 44.0 42.1 40.1 42.4 44.7 46.9 49.2 51.5 53.0 54.5 56.0 57.5 59.0 54.0 49.0 44.0 39.0 34.0
Bauchi 15.3 15.2 15.2 15.1 15.0 15.0 14.9 14.9 14.2 13.5 12.8 12.1 11.4 12.7 14.0 15.2 16.5 17.8 17.3 16.8 16.3 15.8 15.3 16.0 16.7 17.5 18.2 18.9
Bayelsa 11.8 19.2 26.6 34.1 41.5 48.9 56.3 63.8 61.2 58.7 56.1 53.6 51.0 50.2 49.4 48.6 47.8 47.0 45.1 43.2 41.3 39.4 37.5 36.0 34.5 32.9 31.4 29.9
Benue 55.9 55.9 55.8 55.8 55.7 55.7 55.7 55.6 55.7 55.8 56.0 56.1 56.2 54.7 53.2 51.8 50.3 48.8 47.0 45.2 43.4 41.6 39.8 42.3 44.9 47.4 49.9 52.5
Borno 11.4 12.8 14.1 15.5 16.8 18.2 19.6 20.9 19.2 17.4 15.7 14.0 12.2 13.3 14.4 15.5 16.6 17.7 18.9 20.1 21.3 22.5 23.7 25.0 26.2 27.4 28.7 29.9
Cross River 31.3 35.3 39.4 43.4 47.4 51.5 55.5 59.5 58.7 57.9 57.1 56.3 55.5 52.3 49.1 45.9 42.6 39.4 40.1 40.8 41.5 42.2 42.9 45.4 47.9 50.3 52.8 55.3
Delta 73.1 70.1 67.2 64.2 61.2 58.3 55.3 52.4 52.6 52.9 53.1 53.4 53.6 54.1 54.6 55.1 55.6 56.1 53.1 50.1 47.1 44.1 41.1 40.2 39.2 38.2 37.2 36.2
Ebonyi 20.5 29.2 38.0 46.8 55.5 64.3 73.1 81.8 77.5 73.3 69.0 64.7 60.5 59.3 58.2 57.0 55.9 54.8 54.7 54.7 54.7 54.7 54.7 56.4 58.1 59.9 61.6 63.3
Edo 42.9 46.0 49.1 52.2 55.3 58.4 61.5 64.6 63.7 62.9 62.0 61.2 60.3 55.5 50.6 45.8 40.9 36.1 37.5 39.0 40.4 41.9 43.3 44.5 45.6 46.7 47.8 49.0
Ekiti 57.6 56.4 55.3 54.1 53.0 51.8 50.7 49.5 52.5 55.4 58.4 61.4 64.3 61.1 58.0 54.8 51.7 48.5 50.1 51.7 53.3 54.9 56.5 52.8 49.2 45.5 41.9 38.3
Enugu 26.7 30.4 34.1 37.8 41.5 45.2 48.9 52.6 55.0 57.5 59.9 62.4 64.8 62.6 60.4 58.2 55.9 53.7 54.2 54.8 55.3 55.8 56.3 49.4 42.5 35.6 28.7 21.7
Gombe 0.39 5.83 11.3 16.7 22.1 27.6 33.0 38.5 37.3 36.1 34.9 33.7 32.5 31.3 30.1 28.9 27.7 26.5 25.1 23.6 22.2 20.8 19.4 20.6 21.8 23.1 24.3 25.5
Imo 41.7 44.6 47.5 50.5 53.4 56.3 59.3 62.2 59.2 56.3 53.3 50.4 47.4 47.5 47.6 47.7 47.8 47.9 47.4 46.8 46.2 45.6 45.0 51.8 58.6 65.4 72.1 78.9
Jigawa 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.74 1.49 2.23 2.97 5.03 7.09 9.16 11.2 13.3 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.1 13.5 14.0 14.4 14.8 15.3 16.4 17.4 18.5 19.6 20.7
Kaduna 20.5 22.7 24.8 26.9 29.0 31.2 33.3 35.4 36.2 37.1 37.9 38.7 39.5 37.6 35.7 33.8 31.9 29.9 30.1 30.2 30.4 30.5 30.7 33.8 37.0 40.2 43.3 46.5
Kano 8.87 11.2 13.5 15.8 18.0 20.3 22.6 24.9 26.1 27.3 28.4 29.6 30.8 31.3 31.9 32.4 33.0 33.5 32.2 30.9 29.5 28.2 26.8 28.9 30.9 32.9 34.9 36.9
Katsina 4.66 8.04 11.4 14.8 18.2 21.6 25.0 28.4 25.2 22.1 19.0 15.9 12.7 12.1 11.6 11.0 10.4 9.80 12.7 15.6 18.4 21.3 24.2 24.0 23.9 23.7 23.6 23.4
Kebbi 0.01 1.58 3.15 4.72 6.73 8.74 10.7 12.8 13.8 14.8 15.8 16.9 17.9 17.1 16.4 15.6 14.9 14.1 13.7 13.4 13.0 12.6 12.2 14.4 16.5 18.6 20.8 22.9
Kogi 51.6 52.6 53.7 54.8 55.8 56.9 57.9 59.0 58.7 58.4 58.1 57.8 57.4 56.5 55.6 54.7 53.8 52.9 50.2 47.4 44.7 41.9 39.1 41.6 44.0 46.5 48.9 51.4
Kwara 45.7 45.4 45.2 44.9 44.7 44.4 44.2 44.0 43.5 43.1 42.6 42.2 41.8 43.4 45.1 46.8 48.4 50.1 48.5 46.8 45.2 43.6 41.9 42.2 42.5 42.9 43.2 43.5
Lagos 62.7 58.7 54.7 50.7 46.7 42.6 38.6 34.6 35.0 35.4 35.8 36.2 36.6 36.2 35.9 35.5 35.2 34.8 33.5 32.2 30.9 29.6 28.3 31.9 35.6 39.3 42.9 46.6
Nassarawa 15.2 17.5 19.7 22.0 24.3 26.5 28.8 31.1 35.3 39.5 43.8 48.0 52.2 49.7 47.1 44.5 41.9 39.3 40.1 40.9 41.6 42.4 43.2 42.2 41.3 40.4 39.4 38.5
Niger 0.01 2.83 5.66 8.48 16.7 24.9 33.1 41.3 38.4 35.5 32.6 29.7 26.8 27.0 27.2 27.4 27.6 27.9 26.9 26.0 25.1 24.2 23.3 25.2 27.2 29.1 31.1 33.0
Ogun 39.3 37.0 34.6 32.3 30.0 27.7 25.4 23.1 26.9 30.6 34.4 38.2 42.0 41.9 41.8 41.7 41.5 41.4 40.1 38.7 37.4 36.1 34.7 37.5 40.3 43.0 45.8 48.5
Ondo 69.2 68.3 67.4 66.5 65.6 64.7 63.8 62.9 63.3 63.7 64.0 64.4 64.8 60.3 55.8 51.4 46.9 42.5 42.3 42.1 41.9 41.7 41.5 41.2 40.9 40.6 40.3 40.1
Osun 76.1 72.0 67.8 63.7 59.5 55.3 51.2 47.0 50.6 54.2 57.8 61.5 65.1 62.0 58.9 55.8 52.7 49.7 44.8 39.9 35.0 30.1 25.2 28.9 32.6 36.3 40.0 43.7
Oyo 45.5 45.6 45.6 45.7 45.7 45.8 45.8 45.9 44.0 42.1 40.2 38.4 36.5 36.0 35.5 35.0 34.6 34.1 34.6 35.1 35.6 36.1 36.6 38.0 39.3 40.6 42.0 43.3
Plateau 22.1 25.8 29.4 33.1 36.7 40.4 44.1 47.7 50.7 53.6 56.6 59.5 62.5 58.7 54.9 51.2 47.4 43.6 41.5 39.5 37.4 35.3 33.2 36.9 40.5 44.1 47.8 51.4
Rivers 44.8 45.9 47.0 48.2 49.3 50.4 51.6 52.7 52.1 51.5 51.0 50.4 49.8 47.9 45.9 44.0 42.1 40.1 39.0 37.9 36.8 35.7 34.6 38.6 42.5 46.5 50.5 54.4
Sokoto 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.85 1.69 2.54 3.38 5.44 7.51 9.57 11.6 13.7 14.0 14.2 14.5 14.8 15.1 14.9 14.7 14.5 14.4 14.2 19.1 23.9 28.8 33.7 38.5
Taraba 44.7 41.7 38.6 35.5 32.4 29.3 26.3 23.2 27.8 32.5 37.2 41.9 46.6 43.9 41.3 38.7 36.1 33.5 32.3 31.2 30.0 28.8 27.7 30.0 32.3 34.7 37.0 39.3
Yobe 23.0 23.2 23.3 23.5 23.7 23.9 24.1 24.3 23.0 21.8 20.6 19.3 18.1 15.9 13.8 11.6 9.46 7.31 9.29 11.3 13.3 15.2 17.2 19.5 21.8 24.0 26.3 28.6
Zamfora 0.01 0.44 0.86 1.29 8.11 14.9 21.7 28.6 27.0 25.5 24.0 22.4 20.9 18.7 16.5 14.3 12.1 9.90 12.3 14.6 17.0 19.3 21.7 19.3 17.0 14.6 12.2 9.86
Lighter numbers are estimates