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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 needs to do better than we are. There is no substitute for good education. Everything cannot be money.
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%.