Abia State improved on its second position 2014 performance to 
top the chart in the May/June 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination 
with 33,762 of its 52,801 candidates getting five credits and above. The State scored 63.94%
out of 100%

 Anambra State with 61.18% out of 100% came second. Its 28,379 out of 46,385 candidates got
five credits and above. Anambra was first in 2014.

 Edo State got 61.05% and placed  third with 38, 052 of its 62,327 candidates getting five credits and above.  Rivers and Imo states emerged fourth and fifth respectively.

 Lagos State produced the highest number of candidates for the examination with 141,963 candidates, but only 68,173 got five credits and above placing the State in the 6th position

 Yobe State had the least number of candidates and with  4.37%,  came last on the 2015 rankings as only 646 candidates  obtained five credits and above including English and Mathematics. 

 Fourteen thousand, seven hundred and eight-four pupils, comprising 10, 807 males and 3,977 
females, sat for the examination in the state.

 A further breakdown of the 2015 results, showed that the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th positions 
went to Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu and Ebonyi states in that order.

 Ekiti State placed 11th with 8,954 out of its 21, 333 candidates that sat for the examination getting 
the required admission benchmark.

 Kaduna, Ondo, Abuja, Kogi, Benue, Akwa Ibom, and Kwara states were ranked 12th, 13th, 14, 15th and 16th in that order.

 Ogun State with 75,994 candidates emerged in the 19th position. The state had 32.89% with its 25, 006 candidates  obtaining five credits and above including English and Mathematics.

 In the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25 positions  were Cross River, Taraba, Plateau, Nassarawa, 
Kano and Borno states in that order.

 While 15,903 candidates out of 62,511 obtained the benchmark in Kano, only 5,347 out of 21,695 got  the same results in Borno.

 Besides Yobe State, seven other northern states occupied the rear positions in the rankings 
involving the 36 states and Abuja. They are Zamfara (36th), Jigawa (35th), Gombe (34th), 
Katsina (33rd), Kebbi (32nd) Bauchi (31st) and Sokoto (30th).

 The statistics  revealed that Osun and Oyo states placed 29th and 26th respectively. 
While 8,801 candidates out of 48,818 obtained the basic entry requirement for university admission 
in Osun, Oyo State recorded only 21.03% success in the examination.

 Of the 78,896 candidates Oyo State presented, only 16,588 of them obtained five credits and 
above including English and Mathematics.
Niger and Adamawa states occupy the rankings list ahead of Osun State. They placed 27th and 28th. 
While Osun State recorded 18.03% success, Niger and Adamawa states got 19.66 and 18.08% respectively.

 The breakdown, according to a WAEC source, is the consolidated results approved by the council 
following its National Examinations Committee meeting held in November.