Low income vs Niger: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Low income
36.9%
in 2019
Niger
64.9%
in 2017
Low income rank
2nd
Niger rank
1st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Low income
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 64.9% against 36.9% in Low income, a difference of 28.0%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.8 times Low income's.
Across all 16 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Low income ranks 2nd and Niger ranks 1st of 45 groups.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low income | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.1% | 88.0% | 35.0% | Niger |
| 2000s | 42.5% | 83.8% | 41.3% | Niger |
| 2010s | 37.3% | 71.5% | 34.2% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Low income or Niger?
- Niger, at 64.9% against 36.9% in Low income as of 2017.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Low income and Niger?
- 28.0%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Niger?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2017.
- How do Low income and Niger rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Low income ranks 2nd and Niger ranks 1st of 45 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official lower secondary school age.