List of Nigerian states by literacy rate
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The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory ranked by their literacy rate
List by UNESCO (2023)
Literacy rate of the population over 6 according to data by the UNESCO.[1]
Rank | State | literacy rate (in %) |
---|---|---|
1 | Imo State | 92.1 |
2 | Ekiti State | 80.0 |
3 | Ondo state | 75.1 |
4 | Osun state | 74.7 |
5 | Anambra state | 72.8 |
6 | Abia State | 72.5 |
7 | Rivers State | 70.7 |
8 | Enugu State | 66.5 |
9 | Akwa Ibom State | 66.3 |
10 | Delta State | 65.7 |
11 | Edo State | 62.9 |
12 | Ogun State | 62.8 |
13 | Cross River State | 62.3 |
14 | Bayelsa State | 62.0 |
- | Federal Capital Territory | 61.4 |
15 | Ebonyi State | 53.0 |
16 | Imo State | 53.2 |
17 | Kwara State | 49.3 |
18 | Kano State | 48.9 |
19 | Plateau State | 46.6 |
20 | Oyo State | 62.9 |
21 | Benue State | 45.1 |
22 | Nasarawa State | 41.9 |
23 | Adamawa State | 40.5 |
24 | Gombe State | 39.3 |
25 | Niger State | 37.5 |
26 | Bauchi State | 34.1 |
27 | Zamfara State | 33.9 |
28 | Kogi State | 33.5 |
29 | Sokoto State | 30.1 |
30 | Kaduna State | 29.3 |
31 | Yobe State | 26.6 |
32 | Kebbi State | 25.3 |
33 | Jigawa State | 24.2 |
34 | Taraba State | 23.3 |
35 | Katsina State | 21.7 |
36 | Borno State | 14.5 |
Total | 50.6 |
References
- ^ "Action Plan Nigeria" (PDF).