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The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory ranked by their literacy rate
Literacy rate of the population over 6 according to data by the UNESCO. [1]
| Rank | State | literacy rate (in %) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imo State | 92.1 |
| 2 | Ekiti State | 80.0 |
| 3 | Ondo state | 75.1 |
| 4 | Osun state | 74.7 |
| 5 | Anambra state | 72.8 |
| 6 | Abia State | 72.5 |
| 7 | Rivers State | 70.7 |
| 8 | Enugu State | 66.5 |
| 9 | Akwa Ibom State | 66.3 |
| 10 | Delta State | 65.7 |
| 11 | Edo State | 62.9 |
| 12 | Ogun State | 62.8 |
| 13 | Cross River State | 62.3 |
| 14 | Bayelsa State | 62.0 |
| - | Federal Capital Territory | 61.4 |
| 15 | Ebonyi State | 53.0 |
| 16 | Imo State | 53.2 |
| 17 | Kwara State | 49.3 |
| 18 | Kano State | 48.9 |
| 19 | Plateau State | 46.6 |
| 20 | Oyo State | 62.9 |
| 21 | Benue State | 45.1 |
| 22 | Nasarawa State | 41.9 |
| 23 | Adamawa State | 40.5 |
| 24 | Gombe State | 39.3 |
| 25 | Niger State | 37.5 |
| 26 | Bauchi State | 34.1 |
| 27 | Zamfara State | 33.9 |
| 28 | Kogi State | 33.5 |
| 29 | Sokoto State | 30.1 |
| 30 | Kaduna State | 29.3 |
| 31 | Yobe State | 26.6 |
| 32 | Kebbi State | 25.3 |
| 33 | Jigawa State | 24.2 |
| 34 | Taraba State | 23.3 |
| 35 | Katsina State | 21.7 |
| 36 | Borno State | 14.5 |
| Total | 50.6 |
The 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Nigeria. [2]
Percentage distribution of Women aged 15-49 years by the highest level of education attended and literacy status, along with the overall literacy rate. [2]
| State | literacy rate (in %) |
|---|---|
| Abia State | 64.2 |
| Adamawa State | 33.3 |
| Akwa Ibom State | 60.8 |
| Anambra state | 78.7 |
| Bauchi state | 10.9 |
| Bayelsa state | 46.6 |
| Benue State | 40.0 |
| Borno State (7 LGAs) | 23.8 |
| Cross River State | 41.3 |
| Delta State | 55.5 |
| Ebonyi State | 73.4 |
| edo State | 57.8 |
| Ekiti State | 49.2 |
| Enugu State | 67.3 |
| Gombe State | 28.1 |
| Imo state | 83.5 |
| Jigawa State | 6.7 |
| kaduna State | 39.2 |
| Kano State | 40.2 |
| Katsina State | 19.1 |
| Kebbi State | 8.9 |
| Kogi State | 37.2 |
| kwara State | 34.6 |
| Lagos State | 71.7 |
| Nasarawa State | 23.4 |
| Niger State | 23.0 |
| Ogun State | 42.2 |
| Ondo State | 47.1 |
| Osun State | 52.9 |
| Oyo State | 50.8 |
| Plateau State | 44.2 |
| Rivers State | 60.4 |
| Sokoto State | 11.5 |
| Taraba State | 22.4 |
| Yobe State | 15.9 |
| Zamfara State | 8.7 |
| Federal Capital Territory | 52.6 |
Percentage distribution of Men aged 15-49 years by the highest level of education attended and literacy status, along with the overall literacy rate. [2]
| State | literacy rate (in %) |
|---|---|
| Abia State | 74.0 |
| Adamawa State | 53.9 |
| Akwa Ibom State | 51.2 |
| Anambra state | 59.3 |
| Bauchi state | 25.6 |
| Bayelsa state | 63.1 |
| Benue State | 78.1 |
| Borno State (7 LGAs) | 43.4 |
| Cross River State | 51.4 |
| Delta State | 63.3 |
| Ebonyi State | 89.1 |
| Edo State | 71.0 |
| Ekiti State | 59.7 |
| Enugu State | 84.6 |
| Gombe State | 49.8 |
| Imo state | 67.2 |
| Jigawa State | 26.7 |
| kaduna State | 50.2 |
| Kano State | 50.6 |
| Katsina State | 41.7 |
| Kebbi State | 23.9 |
| Kogi State | 61.8 |
| kwara State | 59.1 |
| Lagos State | 90.6 |
| Nasarawa State | 33.4 |
| Niger State | 49.0 |
| Ogun State | 54.8 |
| Ondo State | 56.0 |
| Osun State | 61.6 |
| Oyo State | 52.4 |
| Plateau State | 50.5 |
| Rivers State | 61.2 |
| Sokoto State | 24.5 |
| Taraba State | 49.8 |
| Yobe State | 29.5 |
| Zamfara State | 46.0 |
| Federal Capital Territory | 58.8 |
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