Education and Work (v2.1)

Educational attendance
Educational attendance children 15-17
Subnational regions
Nigeria
All years

Educational attendance children 15-17

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 60.8 61.1 61.4 61.7 61.9 62.2 62.5 62.8 64.0 65.2 66.5 67.7 68.9 67.8 66.7 65.6 64.6 63.5 62.8 62.0 61.3 60.6 59.9 61.9 63.9 65.9 67.9 69.9
Abia 74.8 77.3 79.9 82.4 84.9 87.4 90.0 92.5 92.5 92.4 92.4 92.4 92.3 91.8 91.3 90.8 90.3 89.8 88.7 87.6 86.6 85.5 84.5 83.4 82.4 81.3 80.3 79.3
Abuja FCT 99.9 97.3 94.7 92.1 85.8 79.4 73.0 66.7 70.8 74.9 79.0 83.1 87.2 86.9 86.6 86.3 86.0 85.8 84.1 82.4 80.8 79.1 77.4 78.4 79.3 80.2 81.2 82.1
Adamawa 38.5 41.9 45.2 48.6 51.9 55.3 58.6 62.0 62.4 62.9 63.3 63.8 64.2 64.7 65.2 65.6 66.1 66.6 62.8 59.1 55.3 51.6 47.8 51.8 55.7 59.6 63.6 67.5
Akwa Ibom 67.0 69.3 71.7 74.1 76.4 78.8 81.2 83.6 83.2 82.8 82.4 82.0 81.6 82.3 83.1 83.8 84.5 85.2 83.7 82.2 80.7 79.2 77.7 78.4 79.0 79.7 80.4 81.0
Anambra 80.3 80.2 80.2 80.2 80.1 80.1 80.0 80.0 82.0 84.0 86.0 88.0 90.0 90.3 90.7 91.0 91.3 91.6 91.4 91.2 91.0 90.8 90.6 87.7 84.8 81.9 79.0 76.1
Bauchi 30.7 30.1 29.4 28.8 28.1 27.5 26.8 26.2 26.2 26.3 26.3 26.4 26.4 28.4 30.3 32.3 34.2 36.1 36.4 36.6 36.8 37.1 37.3 33.6 29.9 26.2 22.5 18.8
Bayelsa 99.9 96.4 92.8 89.3 81.5 73.8 66.1 58.4 64.2 69.9 75.6 81.4 87.1 87.1 87.0 87.0 86.9 86.9 85.2 83.4 81.7 79.9 78.2 79.7 81.3 82.8 84.3 85.8
Benue 81.7 81.0 80.2 79.4 78.6 77.8 77.0 76.2 76.8 77.4 78.0 78.6 79.1 79.4 79.7 80.0 80.3 80.6 80.1 79.6 79.1 78.6 78.1 79.3 80.5 81.7 83.0 84.2
Borno 31.8 33.1 34.4 35.7 37.0 38.2 39.5 40.8 37.3 33.8 30.3 26.7 23.2 25.5 27.8 30.1 32.3 34.6 37.7 40.9 44.0 47.1 50.2 48.2 46.2 44.2 42.1 40.1
Cross River 64.0 67.4 70.8 74.2 77.6 81.0 84.4 87.8 86.6 85.5 84.3 83.2 82.0 81.3 80.6 79.8 79.1 78.4 80.0 81.6 83.1 84.7 86.3 84.3 82.3 80.2 78.2 76.2
Delta 99.9 96.4 92.9 89.5 84.3 79.2 74.1 69.0 72.3 75.6 78.8 82.1 85.4 85.6 85.9 86.1 86.4 86.7 85.4 84.1 82.8 81.6 80.3 78.9 77.6 76.2 74.8 73.5
Ebonyi 23.9 34.8 45.7 56.5 67.4 78.3 89.1 100 98.1 96.2 94.3 92.4 90.5 90.2 89.9 89.6 89.3 89.1 89.0 89.0 88.9 88.9 88.8 90.0 91.2 92.4 93.6 94.8
Edo 90.0 88.3 86.6 85.0 83.3 81.6 79.9 78.2 81.0 83.9 86.7 89.6 92.4 91.3 90.2 89.1 88.0 86.9 85.5 84.1 82.6 81.2 79.8 79.8 79.7 79.7 79.7 79.6
Ekiti 89.6 88.0 86.3 84.7 83.0 81.4 79.8 78.1 80.6 83.0 85.4 87.8 90.3 89.2 88.1 87.0 85.9 84.8 85.3 85.9 86.4 87.0 87.5 88.8 90.1 91.4 92.7 94.0
Enugu 78.2 79.8 81.4 83.0 84.6 86.2 87.8 89.4 89.6 89.9 90.2 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.2 91.4 91.6 91.8 91.9 92.1 92.2 92.3 92.5 89.3 86.1 82.8 79.6 76.4
Gombe 32.8 35.0 37.1 39.2 41.4 43.5 45.6 47.8 48.1 48.4 48.7 49.0 49.3 48.0 46.8 45.5 44.2 43.0 41.0 39.0 37.0 35.0 33.0 38.3 43.6 48.9 54.2 59.5
Imo 89.0 89.8 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.2 94.0 94.9 94.2 93.6 92.9 92.3 91.6 91.1 90.5 90.0 89.4 88.9 87.5 86.1 84.8 83.4 82.1 85.5 89.0 92.4 94.9 97.4
Jigawa 0.01 1.38 2.74 4.11 5.93 7.76 9.58 11.4 12.4 13.5 14.5 15.5 16.6 17.5 18.4 19.4 20.3 21.2 25.0 28.7 32.5 36.2 40.0 35.7 31.5 27.3 23.0 18.8
Kaduna 35.5 38.3 41.2 44.1 47.0 49.8 52.7 55.6 59.4 63.1 66.9 70.7 74.4 71.7 68.9 66.2 63.4 60.7 61.4 62.0 62.7 63.4 64.1 67.1 70.2 73.2 76.2 79.2
Kano 17.0 20.1 23.3 26.5 29.7 32.9 36.0 39.2 41.0 42.8 44.5 46.3 48.1 50.3 52.5 54.6 56.8 59.0 58.1 57.2 56.3 55.4 54.5 57.6 60.8 64.0 67.2 70.4
Katsina 24.9 26.7 28.5 30.3 32.1 33.9 35.7 37.5 34.6 31.8 28.9 26.1 23.2 23.9 24.5 25.1 25.8 26.4 31.3 36.2 41.1 46.0 50.8 51.1 51.4 51.6 51.9 52.2
Kebbi 0.01 1.62 3.23 4.84 7.60 10.4 13.1 15.9 18.6 21.4 24.1 26.8 29.6 31.6 33.6 35.6 37.6 39.6 37.2 34.8 32.4 29.9 27.5 30.1 32.6 35.2 37.8 40.3
Kogi 74.2 75.8 77.5 79.1 80.8 82.4 84.0 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.7 85.8 85.8 85.6 85.5 85.3 85.2 85.0 84.1 83.1 82.1 81.1 80.1 81.7 83.3 84.9 86.4 88.0
Kwara 53.8 58.4 63.0 67.6 72.2 76.8 81.4 86.0 81.3 76.6 71.9 67.2 62.5 67.4 72.3 77.2 82.1 87.0 82.0 76.9 71.8 66.8 61.7 62.4 63.1 63.8 64.5 65.2
Lagos 74.5 76.3 78.0 79.8 81.5 83.3 85.1 86.8 85.9 84.9 83.9 83.0 82.0 82.0 82.0 82.0 82.0 82.0 80.6 79.1 77.6 76.1 74.7 75.6 76.6 77.6 78.5 79.5
Nassarawa 39.0 42.1 45.3 48.5 51.6 54.8 58.0 61.1 63.9 66.6 69.3 72.1 74.8 75.5 76.2 76.9 77.6 78.4 77.9 77.5 77.0 76.6 76.1 74.1 72.1 70.1 68.1 66.1
Niger 23.4 31.0 38.6 46.2 53.8 61.4 69.0 76.6 70.5 64.4 58.3 52.2 46.1 46.6 47.0 47.5 47.9 48.4 48.4 48.5 48.5 48.5 48.6 50.6 52.7 54.7 56.8 58.8
Ogun 74.1 73.5 72.9 72.3 71.6 71.0 70.4 69.8 71.4 73.0 74.6 76.2 77.8 79.2 80.5 81.9 83.3 84.7 81.3 78.0 74.7 71.3 68.0 71.8 75.5 79.3 83.0 86.8
Ondo 61.7 65.2 68.7 72.2 75.7 79.2 82.7 86.2 87.3 88.3 89.4 90.5 91.6 89.4 87.1 84.9 82.7 80.4 79.8 79.2 78.6 77.9 77.3 78.4 79.5 80.6 81.7 82.8
Osun 79.3 80.2 81.0 81.9 82.8 83.6 84.5 85.4 86.7 88.0 89.3 90.6 91.9 91.3 90.7 90.1 89.4 88.8 86.8 84.8 82.8 80.8 78.8 77.9 77.0 76.1 75.2 74.3
Oyo 84.4 84.8 85.3 85.7 86.1 86.6 87.0 87.5 85.1 82.7 80.3 77.9 75.5 75.2 74.9 74.7 74.4 74.1 74.9 75.7 76.4 77.2 78.0 79.2 80.3 81.5 82.7 83.8
Plateau 32.5 40.1 47.7 55.3 62.9 70.5 78.1 85.7 84.5 83.3 82.1 80.9 79.8 79.1 78.3 77.6 76.9 76.2 74.5 72.8 71.1 69.4 67.6 69.1 70.6 72.1 73.5 75.0
Rivers 69.8 71.7 73.7 75.7 77.6 79.6 81.6 83.6 84.0 84.4 84.8 85.2 85.6 84.3 83.0 81.7 80.4 79.1 79.3 79.5 79.6 79.8 80.0 80.0 80.1 80.1 80.1 80.1
Sokoto 0.26 1.18 2.10 3.02 3.94 4.86 5.78 6.70 10.2 13.8 17.3 20.9 24.4 25.4 26.4 27.4 28.4 29.4 28.3 27.2 26.1 24.9 23.8 30.3 36.8 43.3 49.8 56.2
Taraba 84.7 77.0 69.3 61.7 54.0 46.3 38.6 30.9 38.3 45.6 53.0 60.3 67.7 65.6 63.6 61.5 59.5 57.4 57.7 58.0 58.2 58.5 58.8 61.9 65.0 68.1 71.3 74.4
Yobe 16.8 18.9 21.0 23.1 25.2 27.3 29.3 31.4 31.9 32.3 32.8 33.2 33.6 30.1 26.5 22.9 19.4 15.8 17.3 18.8 20.3 21.8 23.3 28.4 33.6 38.8 44.0 49.2
Zamfora 0.01 0.72 1.43 2.14 16.0 29.8 43.7 57.5 51.9 46.2 40.5 34.9 29.2 30.5 31.8 33.1 34.4 35.7 35.6 35.5 35.4 35.4 35.3 35.9 36.5 37.2 37.8 38.4
Lighter numbers are estimates