List of Nigerian states by literacy rate

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	92.0
2	Osun State	80.0
3	Anambra State	75.1
4	Ekiti State	74.7
5	Rivers State	72.8
6	Abia State	72.5
7	Akwa Ibom State	70.7
8	Enugu State	66.5
9	Ondo State	66.3
10	Delta State	65.7
11	Oyo 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
20	Edo State	45.8
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).