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Appendix Table B8: Numeracy among children (all) in Nigeria
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Percent
Numerate
Number of
Children
UBE Age
5 7.8 10.3 82.0 18.1 9,543
6 to 11 33.4 16.1 50.5 49.5 42,468
12 to 14 60.4 13.2 26.4 73.6 16,586
15 to 16 69.5 10.1 20.4 79.6 9,696
Residence
Urban 59.5 15.9 24.7 75.4 32,673
Rural 26.9 12.7 60.5 39.6 45,620
Region
North Central 35.9 17.7 46.5 53.6 11,679
North East 17.5 11.1 71.4 28.6 11,053
North West 16.5 11.2 72.4 27.7 20,883
South East 57.2 17.2 25.5 74.4 8,961
South South 62.4 16.1 21.5 78.5 11,454
South West 69.1 13.7 17.2 82.8 14,264
North
Central
Benue 31.9 14.8 53.3 46.7 2,512
Federal Capital
Territory
67.2 15.7 17.1 82.9 668
Kogi 43.3 16.2 40.5 59.5 1,925
Kwara 57.0 20.3 22.6 77.3 1,353
Nasarawa 32.2 23.8 44.0 56 1,078
Niger 25.8 15.6 58.6 41.4 2,342
Plateau 21.4 20.9 57.8 42.3 1,800
North
East
Adamawa 37.6 11.7 50.7 49.3 1,787
Bauchi 13.1 10.0 76.9 23.1 2,826
Borno 11.9 12.7 75.4 24.6 2,340
Gombe 19.1 13.8 67.1 32.9 1,343
Taraba 11.6 14.4 74.0 26 1,345
Yobe 14.1 4.1 81.9 18.2 1,412
North
West
Jigawa 7.2 7.7 85.1 14.9 2,546
Kaduna 35.5 12.4 52.0 47.9 3,303
Kano 19.0 16.3 64.7 35.3 5,631