The following table presents a listing of Nigeria's 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory ranked by their literacy rate

List by UNESCO (2012)

Literacy rate of the population over 6 according to data by the UNESCO.[1]

Rang State literacy rate
(in %)
1 Lagos 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
2 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

References

  1. ↑ "Action Plan Nigeria" (PDF).

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