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Nigeria Literacy Rate 2020s

Adult literacy rate · World Bank
66.71% decade average (2020-2029)

Nigeria's literacy rate during the 2020s ranged from 63.16% (2021) to 70.41% (2024), averaging 66.71% over 3 years of data.

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2020s Data▾
YearValueChangeRank
2021 63.16% +4.94pp 37th
2024 70.41% +7.25pp 20th
2025 66.56% −3.85pp 52nd
Source: World Bank (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS)
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