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🇳🇬 is ranked 35th in Africa with 59.57 per cent literacy rate. Literacy rate is more about the capacity of people to read and write in the official language.
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Nigeria’s literacy rate is among the lower in Africa, but it has been improving over time:
Literacy rate
Nigeria
63.2%
Mozambique
61%
Sudan
61%
Guinea-Bissau
60%
Nigeria’s literacy rate has been increasing steadily, from 68.11% in 2010 to 77.62% in 2021. However, the literacy rate varies by gender and region in Nigeria:
Gender
In 2018, the literacy rate for men in rural areas was 60%, while the rate for women in the same areas was 35%. The gap in urban areas was about 10 percentage points.
Region
In 2018, the literacy rate for men in the North Central zone was 72.9%, while the rate for women in the same zone was 49.6%.