2021 JAMB: Top 10 States with Highest Number of Applicants

The data published by the management of Joint Admission and matriculation Board through the registrar shown that Oyo state, Osun state and Ogun state has the highest applicants meanwhile Zamfara state, FCT and Sokoto state had the least applicants in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Top 10 States with Highests Applicants

1. Oyo state – 82,521 applicants
2. Osun state – 74,214 applicants
3. Ogun state – 70,971 applicants
4. Imo state – 66,348 applicants
5. Delta state – 64,104 applicants
6. Kogi state – 60,115 applicants
7. Kaduna state – 58,122 applicants
8. Benue state – 55,617 apllicants
9. Ondo state – 54,026 applicants
10. Edo – 52,514 applicants

10 states with least applicants

1. Ebonyi state – 21,009 applicants
2. Gombe state – 20,907 applicants
3. Niger state – 19,734 applicants
4. Adamawa state – 18,956 applicants
5. Taraba state – 15,626 applicants
6. Jigawa state – 13,784 applicants
7. Yobe state – 11,946 applicants
8. Sokoto state – 10,302 applicants
9. FCT – 7,020 applicants
10. Zamfara state – 6,545 applicants

The examination body registered a total of over 1.3 Million candidates registered for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) while 1,338,687 candidates sat for the examination which was held in June, 2021.