Nigeria
Learning-adjusted schooling in Nigeria
Learning-adjusted schooling in Nigeria: 4.3 years in 2017 and 5 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 5 years
- Since 2017
- +0.8 years
- Rank, 2020
- 148 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5 years in 2018, the lowest 4.3 years in 2017.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Nigeria |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4.3 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Nigeria in numbers
Every measure for Nigeria on one page
Health
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Politics
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Military
- Military spending0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per person$9 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel223,000 people in 2020
- National power1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2022