Figures checked 1 November 2026
Election 2027: 16 January
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Men aged 15–49 who are literate (%)

72.4% Nigeria, 2024

Up 0.4 points from 72.0% in 2018.

Survey estimateEach survey round

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission · Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) · ED_LITR_M_LIT · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · DHS-TERMS, no commercial reuse without permission

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By state

2024 · darker means higher
Abia: 94.7%Adamawa: 68.3%Akwa Ibom: 77.0%Anambra: 86.6%Bauchi: 50.0%Benue: 79.1%Borno: 56.1%Bayelsa: 94.9%Cross River: 91.1%Delta: 87.8%Ebonyi: 76.4%Edo: 94.0%Ekiti: 94.3%Enugu: 89.9%FCT, Abuja: 95.3%Gombe: 60.6%Imo: 84.0%Jigawa: 41.7%Kaduna: 65.6%Kebbi: 34.8%Kano: 71.4%Kogi: 63.5%Katsina: 70.7%Kwara: 70.1%Lagos: 92.4%Nasarawa: 67.7%Niger: 64.9%Ogun: 82.2%Ondo: 96.9%Osun: 99.0%Oyo: 95.7%Plateau: 84.1%Rivers: 87.2%Sokoto: 39.4%Taraba: 79.2%Yobe: 54.9%Zamfara: 55.6%
34.8%–60.6%60.6%–70.7%70.7%–84.1%84.1%–94.0%94.0%–99.0%
  1. 1Osun99.0%
  2. 2Ondo96.9%
  3. 3Oyo95.7%
  4. 4FCT, Abuja95.3%
  5. 5Bayelsa94.9%
  6. 6Abia94.7%
  7. 7Ekiti94.3%
  8. 8Edo94.0%
  9. 9Lagos92.4%
  10. 10Cross River91.1%
  11. 11Enugu89.9%
  12. 12Delta87.8%
  13. 13Rivers87.2%
  14. 14Anambra86.6%
  15. 15Plateau84.1%
  16. 16Imo84.0%
  17. 17Ogun82.2%
  18. 18Taraba79.2%
  19. 19Benue79.1%
  20. 20Akwa Ibom77.0%
  21. 21Ebonyi76.4%
  22. 22Kano71.4%
  23. 23Katsina70.7%
  24. 24Kwara70.1%
  25. 25Adamawa68.3%
  26. 26Nasarawa67.7%
  27. 27Kaduna65.6%
  28. 28Niger64.9%
  29. 29Kogi63.5%
  30. 30Gombe60.6%
  31. 31Borno56.1%
  32. 32Zamfara55.6%
  33. 33Yobe54.9%
  34. 34Bauchi50.0%
  35. 35Jigawa41.7%
  36. 36Sokoto39.4%
  37. 37Kebbi34.8%

Black line: Nigeria overall, 72.4%.

Who is behind the national figure

2024 · black line: Nigeria overall
Urban or rural
Urban
87.4%
Rural
57.8%
Wealth group
Poorest fifth
30.6%
Second fifth
54.6%
Middle fifth
74.8%
Fourth fifth
88.4%
Richest fifth
96.4%

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (NG2024DHS), version 3. Survey estimates have margins of error; groups whose bars are close may not differ. Download breakdowns (CSV)

How we know

Definition
Share of men aged 15 to 49 who can read all or part of a sentence, or attended secondary school or higher.
Type of figure
Survey estimate. Estimated from a household survey, so it has a margin of error. Where the survey publishes one, the 95% confidence interval is shown.
Updated
Each survey round
Source
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (DHS:ED_LITR_M_LIT)
Licence
DHS-TERMS
Version
Dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026
Cite this
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API), indicator DHS:ED_LITR_M_LIT. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: DHS-TERMS.

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All years

YearValue
202472.4%
201872.0%
201375.2%
200876.8%
200375.0%