Nigeria - Literacy rate
Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 62.49 |
| 2003 | 60.51 |
| 2006 | 74.50 |
| 2008 | 57.95 |
| 2018 | 68.26 |
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 81.36 |
| 2003 | 78.13 |
| 2006 | 83.12 |
| 2008 | 75.57 |
| 2018 | 81.58 |
Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
Definition: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 71.19 |
| 2003 | 68.99 |
| 2006 | 78.69 |
| 2008 | 66.38 |
| 2018 | 75.03 |
Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 43.73 |
| 2003 | 43.32 |
| 2006 | 64.25 |
| 2008 | 41.39 |
| 2018 | 52.66 |
Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 67.65 |
| 2003 | 66.77 |
| 2006 | 76.13 |
| 2008 | 61.25 |
| 2018 | 71.26 |
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Definition: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 55.45 |
| 2003 | 54.77 |
| 2006 | 70.20 |
| 2008 | 51.08 |
| 2018 | 62.02 |
Classification
Topic: Education Indicators
Sub-Topic: Outcomes
