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Nigeria Youth Literacy Rate 2000s

Literacy rate among youth ages 15-24 · World Bank
71.49% decade average (2000-2009)

Nigeria's youth literacy rate during the 2000s ranged from 66.78% (2008) to 78.69% (2006), averaging 71.49% over 3 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2003 68.99% −2.20pp 19th
2006 78.69% +9.70pp 30th
2008 66.78% −11.91pp 31st