Nigeria · annual SERIES
Lower secondary completion rate in Nigeria
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
74.07%%
2024Observation year
+6.30 pp from 2021
Source note for 2024: [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria General Household Survey Panel Wave 5 2023-24. The survey collected data on school attendance and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}]
% · UNESCO Institute for Statistics · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74.0687026977539 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria General Household Survey Panel Wave 5 2023-24. The survey collected data on school attendance and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2021 | 67.76805877685547 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria MICS 2021. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 3-24 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}] |
| 2018 | 62.57149124145508 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria DHS 2018. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2016 | 67.38317108154297 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria MICS 2016-17. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2013 | 51.65158843994141 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria DHS 2013. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2011 | 62.88412857055664 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria MICS 2011. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2010 | 63.10755920410156 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria General Household Survey 2010. IPUMS-International, National Bureau of Statistics."}] |
| 2008 | 50.07587814331055 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria DHS 2008. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2007 | 51.00910949707031 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria MICS 2007. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2003 | 39.98157119750977 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Nigeria DHS 2003. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
Definition & method
UIS SDG 4.1.2 completion rate, CR.2, total population. Original national survey/census observations, not gross intake ratios or modelled completion series.
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
What to keep in mind
- Survey and census coverage is irregular; no interpolation is applied.
- Survey reference periods and sources are retained in each observation note.
- Selected data and adaptations retain the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.