bibexaliyy/nigeria-literacy-analysis

# Nigeria Literacy Rate Analysis (1991–2024) An interactive data analysis dashboard exploring literacy trends in Nigeria, with a focus on gender and wealth-based disparities. Built as an exploratory tool to surface where literacy gaps are widest and where interventions might matter most. **Live app:** [[streamlit link]](nigeria-literacy-analysis-6…) --- ## Overview Nigeria's literacy rate is often reported as a single national figure, which hides where the real gaps are. This project breaks the number down by **gender** and **household wealth** to ask a more useful question: *is the literacy gap in Nigeria really about gender or is it about economic access?* Key finding: the gender literacy gap (16 points) is significantly narrower than the wealth-based gap (72 points between the poorest and richest quintiles) suggesting economic inclusion may be a stronger lever for improving literacy outcomes than gender-focused interventions alone. ## Features - **Adult vs Youth toggle** — compare literacy trends across age groups (1991–2024) - **Gender breakdown** — male vs female literacy rates over time, with headline gap metrics - **Wealth quintile breakdown** — literacy among young women by household wealth (poorest to richest) - **Interactive charts** — hover for exact values, zoom/pan (built with Plotly) ## Data Sources | Source | Coverage | Notes | |---|---|---| | World Bank Open Data Nigeria education indicators | 1991–2024, national level | Primary time-series; sparse years reflect actual survey/estimate availability, not missing data | | UNICEF/NBS Nigeria MICS4 (2011) | Young women 15–24, by wealth quintile | Used for the wealth-quintile comparison; figures manually extracted from the published factsheet | **A note on data quality:** literacy estimates for Nigeria vary noticeably across sources (World Bank, MICS, DHS) due to differing survey methodologies and years. This project uses World Bank data as its prima …