Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Niger
Niger: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 80.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Niger, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Niger is 80.0%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Niger peaked at 94.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 75.4%, in 2019.
Niger ranks 8th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.4% | 91.4% | 91.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 88.0% | 83.1% | 94.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.6% | 75.4% | 79.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 77.7% | 75.8% | 80.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More education data for Niger
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 64.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 69,636 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 5.93 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 63.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Niger?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Niger was 80.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 94.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.4% in 2019.
- How does Niger rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Niger ranks 8th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.