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Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children)

The value for Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children) in Nigeria was 65.98 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71.67 in 2007 and a minimum value of 63.11 in 1999.

Definition: Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1999	63.11
2000	66.18
2004	67.92
2005	68.37
2006	68.83
2007	71.67
2008	64.89
2009	65.99
2010	65.98

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children)

The value for Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children) in Nigeria was 60.01 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.74 in 2006 and a minimum value of 57.39 in 1999.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1999	57.39
2000	60.28
2004	62.99
2005	63.65
2006	64.74
2007	64.01
2008	58.24
2009	59.56
2010	60.01

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children)

The value for Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) in Nigeria was 71.74 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 79.06 in 2007 and a minimum value of 68.64 in 1999.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1999	68.64
2000	71.89
2004	72.69
2005	72.92
2006	72.78
2007	79.06
2008	71.31
2009	72.18
2010	71.74

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation