Nigeria Tertiary Education Enrollment Rate (2011)
Nigeria's Tertiary Education Enrollment Rate: 9.7 % gross enrollment ratio in 2011, +0.5pp YoY. World Bank (SE.TER.ENRR), 1975–2011.
Nigeria (2011)
9.7
% gross enrollment ratio
+0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
21
years of data
Data
| Year | % gross enrollment ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9.7 | +0.5pp |
| 2010 | 9.2 | -0.9pp |
| 2005 | 10.1 | +0.6pp |
| 2004 | 9.5 | +0.2pp |
| 2003 | 9.3 | +3.5pp |
| 1999 | 5.8 | +1.7pp |
| 1989 | 4.1 | +0.3pp |
| 1988 | 3.8 | +0.3pp |
| 1987 | 3.5 | -0.1pp |
| 1986 | 3.6 | +0.2pp |
| 1985 | 3.4 | +0.4pp |
| 1984 | 3 | +0.1pp |
| 1983 | 2.9 | +0.2pp |
| 1982 | 2.7 | +0.3pp |
| 1981 | 2.4 | +0.5pp |
| 1980 | 1.9 | +0.3pp |
| 1979 | 1.6 | +0.4pp |
| 1978 | 1.2 | +0.2pp |
| 1977 | 1 | +0.2pp |
| 1976 | 0.8 | +0.1pp |
About this Dataset
Nigeria recorded 9.7 % gross enrollment ratio in 2011. The latest change was +0.5pp. Across 1975–2011 the series ranges from 0.7 in 1975 to 10.1 in 2005.
This page tracks the gross tertiary education enrollment ratio in Nigeria from 1990 to present. Tertiary enrollment reflects the depth of the educated workforce and talent pipeline for knowledge-economy sectors.
Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks the gross tertiary education enrollment ratio in Nigeria from 1990 to present. Tertiary enrollment reflects the depth of the educated workforce and talent pipeline for knowledge-economy sectors. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.
The most recent observation covers 2011. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1975–2011 (21 observations).
The series peaked at 10.1 % gross enrollment ratio in 2005 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0.7 in 1975. The latest reading of 9.7 in 2011 represents a change of +0.5pp.