Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Nigeria
Nigeria: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.8457 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Nigeria, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Nigeria stood at 0.8457 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Nigeria peaked at 0.8457 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6224 index, in 1981.
That places Nigeria 145th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.653 index | 0.6224 index | 0.692 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.7309 index | 0.7008 index | 0.7469 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7668 index | 0.7494 index | 0.7912 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7985 index | 0.7922 index | 0.8072 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8318 index | 0.8165 index | 0.8457 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 142 Central African Republic 0.8721 index compare
- 143 Vanuatu 0.871 index compare
- 144 Tajikistan 0.8685 index compare
- 146 Congo, Rep. 0.8448 index compare
- 147 Tanzania 0.7667 index compare
- 148 Iraq 0.7627 index compare
More gender data for Nigeria
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 3.55 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 3.66 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 3.45 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 3.54 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 3.38 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 3.46 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 3.30 million (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 3.38 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 3.22 million (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 3.30 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Nigeria?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Nigeria was 0.8457 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8457 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6224 index in 1981.
- How does Nigeria rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Nigeria ranks 145th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.