Education · Western Africa

Nigeria Upper Secondary Completion

68.5%as of 2024Reported+27.6% vs 2021

Gross intake ratio to the last grade of upper secondary education. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 May 2026.

Trend

2003 – 2024 · UNESCO

History

most recent 10 periods · UNESCO
PeriodUpper Secondary Completion
202468.5%
202153.7%
201849.2%
201649.4%
201349.7%
201146.1%
201045.1%
200848.1%
200735.8%
200339.4%

Upper Secondary Completion across Africa

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CountryUpper Secondary CompletionPeriod
Kenya65%2024
South Africa62.2%2024
Egypt75.71%2022
Ghana45%2024
Ethiopia17.6%2022
Tanzania8.9%2022

Upper Secondary Completion in every African country

14 countries carry a recent upper secondary completion rate figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.

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