School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Niger
Niger: School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender was 0.969 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Niger, 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Niger recorded 0.969 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Niger peaked at 0.969 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6079 GPIA, in 1995.
That places Niger 165th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Niger, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.6079 GPIA | — |
| 1996 | 0.6157 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.6329 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6497 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 0.6658 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6771 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.6808 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6916 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.6932 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7053 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.707 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.717 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7451 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7583 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7894 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7921 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8059 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8112 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8197 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8183 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8247 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8397 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9471 GPIA | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 0.969 GPIA | +2.3% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 0.969 GPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9649 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Niger's 0.969 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9882 GPIA, 98% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6344 GPIA | 0.6079 GPIA | 0.6658 GPIA | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7084 GPIA | 0.6771 GPIA | 0.7583 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8126 GPIA | 0.7894 GPIA | 0.8397 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.958 GPIA | 0.9471 GPIA | 0.969 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More education data for Niger
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28,148 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 208,506 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 94,973 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 98,608 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 870,368 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.00 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.6666 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1111 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Niger?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Niger was 0.969 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.969 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6079 GPIA in 1995.
- How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Niger ranks 165th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release