The West African Examinations Council Results Statistics 2016-2018 reflected that a total of 1.57m
candidates sat for WAEC in public schools in 2018 as against 1.56m candidates in 2017.
822,941 of the candidates were male while the remaining 748,595 were female. 849,069 of the candidates
had 5 credits and above including English Language, 1.06m had 5 credits and above including Mathematics
while 756,726 of the candidates had 5 credits and above including Mathematics & English Language. The
percentage of candidates with 5 credits and above including Mathematics & English Language is put at
48.15%.
Similarly, a total of 109,798 candidates sat for WAEC in private schools in 2018 as against 133,258
candidates in 2017. 54,417 of the candidates were male while the remaining 55,561 were female. 47,122 of
the candidates had 5 credits and above including English Language, 47,434 had 5 credits and above
including Mathematics while 37,184 of the candidates had 5 credits and above including Mathematics &
English Language. The percentage of candidates with 5 credits and above including Mathematics & English
Language is put at 33.81%.
Lagos state has the highest number of candidates in public schools while the state also has the highest
number of candidates in private schools who sat for the examination.

Data source: National Bureau of Statistics

  Download Report     Download Tables

---