Nigeria · Statistic
Inmates in education and study programmes
Justice & Security · Source: NCoS via NBS · annual
International comparability — CSA: Governance · ICCS (International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes)Number of inmates in Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) custody engaged in formal courses of study and vocational-skills programmes, by education level, reported annually from 2017. Some rows are cumulative ('ALL-YEARS') rather than dated to a single year. Source: NCoS.
Observations
29
2017 – ALL-YEARS
Coverage
Nigeria
national
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Displayed series · 10 annual periods · 2017 – ALL-YEARS3 level
Inmates in education and study programmes — level=Graduates was 57 in ALL-YEARS, against 5 in 2017 — 9 annual periods.
Latest
57
ALL-YEARS
Minimum
1
2018
Maximum
57
ALL-YEARS
Range
1 – 57
lowest – highest observed
Periods
9
published points
| Period | level=GraduatesNumber |
|---|---|
| ALL-YEARS | 57 |
| Q2 2025 | 12 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2019 | — |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 |
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Last updated 13 August 2026
- Table Inmates in Edu. Voc. Skills
Inmates engaged in course of study & vocational skills · Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
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- Originator
- Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
- Publication
- Nigerian Correctional Service Report
- Printed source caption
- Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS)
- Publication reference
- NGA-NBS-NCOS
- Catalog record
- Catalog 177
"Inmates in education and study programmes", NCoS via NBS, Nigerian Correctional Service Report, ref. NGA-NBS-NCOS. Catalogued by Prism, https://prism-portal-sooty.vercel.app/statistics/nbs-jsec-ncos-inmates-education-nga. Primary source: https://microdata.nigerianstat.gov.ng/index.php/catalog/177/download/1333/Nigerian_Correctional_Service_Report_2017_Q2_2025.zip.
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Source: NCoS via NBS. Source publication: Nigerian Correctional Service Report. Publisher: National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Catalogued by Prism; ALL-YEARS.