In 2019, there were over 1.8 million full-time undergraduate university students in Nigeria. Sciences and social sciences counted the highest number of students. There were some considerable differences in the enrollment of female and male students. In the faculties of engineering and technology, and computing, male students represented the vast majority.

In 2019, some of the most common fields of study of full-time master students in Nigeria were administration and management, education, sciences, and social sciences. Generally, male students represented the majority. In the faculties for administration and management, for instance, there were 23 thousand males and 15 thousand females.

As of 2018, the gross enrollment rate in elementary schools in Nigeria stood at 68.3 percent. The North-Western states registered the highest figures, with 70.3 percent for males and 71.1 percent for females. In particular, the states of Katsina and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had the highest rates nationwide, whereas Rivers and Zamfara recorded the lowest figures. The gross enrollment rate measures the enrollment rates of scholars of any age, whereas the net enrollment rates refers only to students in the official age of that specific educational level.

NG: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Tertiary School Enrollment: Gross data was reported at 0.692 Ratio in 2011. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.740 Ratio for 2010. NG: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Tertiary School Enrollment: Gross data is updated yearly, averaging 0.687 Ratio from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2011, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.782 Ratio in 1999 and a record low of 0.324 Ratio in 1989. NG: Gender Parity Index (GPI): Tertiary School Enrollment: Gross data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank.WDI: Education Statistics. Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in tertiary education is the ratio of women to men enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.; ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Weighted average; Each economy is classified based on the classification of World Bank Group's fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018).

In 2020, some 77 percent of children in Nigeria completed the last grade of elementary school, with 78.2 percent of males and 77.1 percent of females. In the following educational levels, the disparity between male students and female students became larger, reaching a gap of four and 13.8 percentage points in the completion rates of middle school and high school, respectively.

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In 2019, there were 17.6 thousand full-time Ph.D. students in Nigeria. Social Sciences counted the total highest number of doctorial students, with 2.1 thousand males and 867 females. With regards to women, 1.3 thousand students were doing a Ph.D. in education, the most common subject among females.

In the school year 2017/2018, there were about 10 million children in Nigeria who were out-of-school at the primary school level. Male students represented the majority of them, accounting for 62 percent of the total.

Abstract

School data, especially reliable and timely data, is the single most important tool for national educational planning and administration. It is the easiest visible evidence that can be presented to stakeholders to demonstrate that there is progress in a school. Yet timely, complete and reliable data about education in Nigeria, especially from educational institutions, has been most elusive. The strategy agreed upon long ago was to address the shortfalls in primary and secondary education data first, to be followed by non-formal and tertiary education data. This decision marked the beginning of the annual national school census in 1988.

Prior to 1988, the annual school census was conducted irregularly with very sparse publications and devoid of key indicators for planning purposes. In fact, between 1996 and 1998, collected data could not be processed due to shortfalls in funds allocation. However, upon restoration of democratic governance in 1999 and with the introduction of the UBE and other factors such as Nigeria's international commitments to Education for All and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the need for more comprehensive database indicators, which harmonize with global standards become more pressing.

OBJECTIVES

The National School Census had as its primary objectives:

• To assess the status of facilities and learning materials in schools in Nigeria.

• To know the enrolment statistics at National, States and LGAs by gender

• To know the number and status of teachers in Nigeria primary schools by gender.

• To evaluate the progress made towards achieving MGD goals and EFA goals on Education

• To provide the bases for future action.

Geographic coverage

National and State.

Analysis unit

• Schools

• Students

• Teachers

Universe

The Census covers the whole primary schools in Nigeria.

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection

Mail Questionnaire [mail]

Research instrument

The questionnaire for the National School Census includes the following information:

• School characteristics,

• Enrolment by age and gender,

• Teachers by qualification and gender,

• Facilities and instructional materials.

Cleaning operations

Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing including:

• Checking at school level entries

• Coding and editing in the office

• During data entry electronically

• Structural checking of the data entry files

Data appraisal

To verify the accuracy and reliability of the results, we carried out a post enumeration survey using 5% of the entire population.

In 2019, some of the most common fields of study of full-time postgraduate diploma students in Nigeria were administration and management, education, sciences, and social sciences. Generally, male students represented the majority. In the faculties for administration and management, for instance, there were 11.3 thousand males and 8.7 thousand females.

Abstract

This study provides an update on measures of educational attainment for a broad cross section of countries. In our previous work (Barro and Lee, 1993), we constructed estimates of educational attainment by sex for persons aged 25 and over. The values applied to 129 countries over a five-year intervals from 1960 to 1985.

The present study adds census information for 1985 and 1990 and updates the estimates of educational attainment to 1990. We also have been able to add a few countries, notably China, which were previously omitted because of missing data.

Dataset:

Educational attainment at various levels for the male and female population. The data set includes estimates of educational attainment for the population by age - over age 15 and over age 25 - for 126 countries in the world. (see Barro, Robert and J.W. Lee, "International Measures of Schooling Years and Schooling Quality, AER, Papers and Proceedings, 86(2), pp. 218-223 and also see "International Data on Education", manuscipt.) Data are presented quinquennially for the years 1960-1990;

Educational quality across countries. Table 1 presents data on measures of schooling inputs at five-year intervals from 1960 to 1990. Table 2 contains the data on average test scores for the students of the different age groups for the various subjects.Please see Jong-Wha Lee and Robert J. Barro, "Schooling Quality in a Cross-Section of Countries," (NBER Working Paper No.w6198, September 1997) for more detailed explanation and sources of data.

Geographic coverage

The data set cobvers the following countries: - Afghanistan - Albania - Algeria - Angola - Argentina - Australia - Austria - Bahamas, The - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belgium - Benin - Bolivia - Botswana - Brazil - Bulgaria - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Canada - Cape verde - Central African Rep. - Chad - Chile - China - Colombia - Comoros - Congo - Costa Rica - Cote d'Ivoire - Cuba - Cyprus - Czechoslovakia - Denmark - Dominica - Dominican Rep. - Ecuador - Egypt - El Salvador - Ethiopia - Fiji - Finland - France - Gabon - Gambia - Germany, East - Germany, West - Ghana - Greece - Grenada - Guatemala - Guinea - Guinea-Bissau - Guyana - Haiti - Honduras - Hong Kong - Hungary - Iceland - India - Indonesia - Iran, I.R. of - Iraq - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Jamaica - Japan - Jordan - Kenya - Korea - Kuwait - Lesotho - Liberia - Luxembourg - Madagascar - Malawi - Malaysia - Mali - Malta - Mauritania - Mauritius - Mexico - Morocco - Mozambique - Myanmar (Burma) - Nepal - Netherlands - New Zealand - Nicaragua - Niger - Nigeria - Norway - Oman - Pakistan - Panama - Papua New Guinea - Paraguay - Peru - Philippines - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Rwanda - Saudi Arabia - Senegal - Seychelles - Sierra Leone - Singapore - Solomon Islands - Somalia - South africa - Spain - Sri Lanka - St.Lucia - St.Vincent & Grens. - Sudan - Suriname - Swaziland - Sweden - Switzerland - Syria - Taiwan - Tanzania - Thailand - Togo - Tonga - Trinidad & Tobago - Tunisia - Turkey - U.S.S.R. - Uganda - United Arab Emirates - United Kingdom - United States - Uruguay - Vanuatu - Venezuela - Western Samoa - Yemen, N.Arab - Yugoslavia - Zaire - Zambia - Zimbabwe

As of 2018, the gross enrollment rate in middle schools in Nigeria stood at 54.4 percent. The South-Eastern states registered the highest figures, with 52.5 percent for males and 59.8 percent for females. In particular, the states of Imo and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had the highest rates nationwide. Moreover, data show that there were relevant differences between the Northern states and the Southern states. The gross enrollment rate measures the enrollment rates of scholars of any age, whereas the net enrollment rates refers only to students in the official age of that specific educational level.

In 2023, the unemployed male population in Nigeria was estimated at around 763,000. On the other hand, the female population without any form of employment was higher, roughly 1.5 million people. The number of people of working age in the country who are not in employment has improved in recent years.

In 2019, there were 17.6 thousand full-time Ph.D. students in Nigeria. Male students were about double compared to female students. The majority of them were enrolled at federal universities, which counted roughly 8.4 thousand males and over 4.2 thousand women.

In the school year 2018/2019, there were around 7.4 million junior secondary school students in Nigeria, which were enrolled in roughly 33 thousand junior secondary schools. The number of male students was slightly higher than that of females. Officially, the junior secondary education age in Nigeria includes students aged 12 to 14 years, while the official entrance age to upper-secondary education is 15 years, with study duration being three years.

In 2019, there were over 121 thousand full-time postgraduate students in Nigeria. Male students were the majority. Federal universities had the highest number of master students, which counted roughly 62 thousand males and almost 40 thousand women.

In the academic year 2018/2019, Nigerian universities counted 1.8 million undergraduate students and 242 thousand postgraduate students. Among master students, women accounted for 38 percent of the total, while the female percentage among bachelor students was 44 percent.

Nigeria's largest university is the National Open University of Nigeria, which had over half million students as of 2019.

In the academic year 2018/2019, male personnel represented the vast majority of people working at Nigerian universities. This was composed of around 87 thousand and 52 thousand non-academic and academic male staff, respectively. On the contrary, women were about 65 thousand in total.

The completion rate for upper secondary school in Nigeria was higher among male students. In 2020, 67 percent of males finished school, whereas this figure reached 53 percent among female students. Between 2018 and 2020, the completion rate increased among both male and female upper secondary students.

Education in Nigeria is compulsory between the ages of six and 15 years. The official entrance age to upper secondary education in Nigeria is 15 years and it has a duration of three years. Higher education (tertiary or post-secondary education) begins at the age of 18.

This statistic shows the total population of Nigeria from 2013 to 2023 by gender. In 2023, Nigeria's female population amounted to approximately 112.68 million, while the male population amounted to approximately 115.21 million inhabitants.