Adult literacy rate in Nigeria is 59.6%. Male literacy is 69.2%. Female literacy is 49.7%. Therefore, male literacy and female literacy differ by 19.5%. Government expenditure on education is 0.8% of GDP. The education index of Nigeria is 0.425 - formal education levels are low and are mostly limited to primary and secondary school levels at best; higher education is possible, but not very widespread. People in Nigeria speak the English language.

English language
In Nigeria, around 0% of the population or 82,941,000 people speak English. 82,941,000 of Nigeria's population use English as either foreign or second language.