The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a statistical breakdown of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), revealing that over 1.5 million of the 1.95 million candidates scored below 200/400.
In a post on its official X on Monday, JAMB highlighted that a total of 1,955,069 candidates sat for the examination, and of this number, a significant 1,534,654 candidates—representing 78.5%—scored below the 200 mark.
A breakdown of the results shows that only 4,756 candidates (0.24%) achieved scores of 320 and above, while 7,658 candidates (0.39%) scored between 300 and 319.
In total, just 12,414 candidates (0.63%) scored 300 and above.
For the 250-299 score range, 73,441 candidates (3.76%) were recorded, while a larger proportion, 334,560 candidates (17.11%), scored between 200 and 249.
The category with the highest number of candidates was the 160 and 199 range, with 983,187 candidates (50.29%).
Further down the scale, 488,197 candidates (24.97%) scored between 140 and 159, and 57,419 candidates (2.94%) scored between 120 and 139.
A percentage of candidates, 3,820 (0.20%), scored between 100 and 119, while 2,031 candidates (0.10%) fell below the 100 mark.
In addition to the overall results, JAMB also disclosed that 40,247 underage candidates were allowed to participate in the examination due to their “exceptional abilities.”
However, only 467 of these candidates (1.16%) achieved scores that meet the defined threshold for “exceptional ability.” According to JAMB, these candidates’ performances will undergo further evaluation in the next three stages.
