In the Public Schools based performance data made available by the West African regional examination body, Imo State came last out of states in the Southeast and 11th of all the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The performance data as released by WAEC is as follows:
(Public Schools)
1. Enugu: 93.9%
2. Edo: 93.5%
3. Benue: 91.7%
4. Ebonyi: 91.3%
5. Anambra: 91.2%
6. Cross River: 90.6%
7. Rivers: 88.1%
8. Delta: 87.7%
9. Bayelsa: 86.4%
10. Abia: 86.1%
11. Imo: 85.9%
12. Nassarawa: 85.5%
13. Akwa Ibom: 84.1%
14. Taraba: 84%
15. Kogi: 82.34%
16. Kano: 80.6%
17. Plateau: 79.5%
18. Abuja: 77.7%
19. Kaduna: 77.2%
20. Kebbi: 77.1%
21. Sokoto: 76.5%
22. Lagos: 75.8%
23. Ondo: 75.4%
24. Gombe: 73.1%
25. Ekiti: 72.7%
26. Jigawa: 71.6%
27. Niger: 70.1%
28. Bauchi: 67.8%
29. Adamawa: 67.6%
30. Borno: 67.3%
31. Yobe: 55.6%
32. Ogun: 55.2%
33. Oyo: 54.8%
34. Kwara: 53.8%
35. Katsina: 49.2%
36. Osun: 32.6%
37. Zamfara: 9.2%
