Nigeria literacy rate for 2024 was 70.41%, a 7.25% increase from 2021.
Nigeria literacy rate for 2021 was 63.16%, a 4.94% increase from 2016.
Nigeria literacy rate for 2016 was 58.22%, a 11.98% decline from 2006.
Nigeria literacy rate for 2006 was 70.20%, a 15.43% increase from 2003.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Nigeria Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1991 - 2024.