Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Nigeria

Children out of school in Nigeria in 2023 — 9,070,702 people. Ranked 148 in the world out of 148. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 20.2%.

2023 9.07M people −11.88% vs 2010
World rank 148of 148
Period maximum 10.29M people2010
Period minimum 7.21M people2000

Trend over time

1999–2023 · people

Children out of school — Nigeria, 1999–20237M8M9M10M11M1999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 7,544,191 people2000: 7,209,033 people2004: 7,903,004 people2005: 8,047,765 people2006: 8,241,086 people2007: 7,904,316 people2008: 9,808,950 people2009: 9,900,361 people2010: 10,293,439 people2023: 9,070,702 people
Change over the period: +1.53M (+20.23%) Average annual rate: 0.77 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nigeria

Nigeria 9.07M people
World computed 44.51M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 30.75M people
Children out of school — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 9.07M
2010 10.29M +393,078 +3.97%
2009 9.9M +91,411 +0.93%
2008 9.81M +1.9M +24.1%
2007 7.9M −336,770 −4.09%
2006 8.24M +193,321 +2.4%
2005 8.05M +144,761 +1.83%
2004 7.9M
2000 7.21M −335,158 −4.44%
1999 7.54M

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.