1. Imo 96%
2. Lagos 96%
3. Ekiti 96%
4. Rivers 96%
5. Abia 94%
6. Akwa Ibom 93%
7. Anambra 92%
8. Osun 91%
9. Edo 91%
10. Enugu 89%
11. Cross River 89%
12. Delta 87%
13. Bayelsa 87%
14. Kogi 84%
15. Ogun 82%
16. Ondo 81%
17. Oyo 80%
18. Abuja 79%
19. Ebonyi 78%
20. Benue 74%
21. Taraba. 72%
22. Kwara 70%
23. Plateau 64%
24. Nassarawa 59%
25. Adamawa 56%
26. Kaduna 47%
27. Kano 38%
28. Gombe 29%
29. Jigawa 25%
30. Borno 23%
31. Niger 23%
32. Kebbi 21%
33. Bauchi 19%
34. Zamfara 19%
35. Sokoto 15%
36. Katsina 10%
37. Yobe 7%

©Data by NBS

The key to literacy is reading development, a progression of skills that begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and culminates in the deep understanding of text.

Literacy can also be seen as a particular capacity and mode of behaviour, the ability to understand and employ printed information in daily activities, at home, at work, and in the community – to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and potential.

In this data, Nigeria’s literacy level is ranked by which state in the country has the most population of people with educational development, which means the population of people who have at least Primary school education to Secondary school education.

This data shows that the states in the South-West rank really high on the Literacy scale while the states in the Northern part of the country rank really low. This ranking has been quite constant for a long time now and it would be great to see the state in the Northern region rank as high as the ones in the South. The education-deficiency in the North has not been properly addressed, even though it is quite glaring that there is a deficiency problem. The approach to the problem of education in the North is not being addressed adequately. The solution should not be something controversial, but involving.

“How can education be made to suit the cultural atmosphere of the North?” should be the question that the Education sector tries to answer.