Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Niger
Niger: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.4665 GPIA in 2022. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Niger, 1977β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Niger recorded 0.4665 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.8% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Niger peaked at 0.4665 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3257 GPIA, in 2018.
Niger ranks 129th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3377 GPIA | 0.3377 GPIA | 0.3377 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.3669 GPIA | 0.3257 GPIA | 0.4098 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.4665 GPIA | 0.4665 GPIA | 0.4665 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More education data for Niger
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 69,636 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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, per capita 0.0026 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Niger?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Niger was 0.4665 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4665 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3257 GPIA in 2018.
- How does Niger rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Niger ranks 129th out of 137 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release