School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Niger
Niger: School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity was 0.8279 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Niger, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Niger is 0.8279 GPI, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.8279 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5275 GPI, in 1988.
Niger ranks 184th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary GPI gender parity in Niger, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5327 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.53 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.5336 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 0.545 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5486 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.5434 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.5378 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5316 GPI | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 0.5547 GPI | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5322 GPI | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 0.5303 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.5275 GPI | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.535 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.533 GPI | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 0.5328 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.5533 GPI | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5708 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 0.6013 GPI | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.6076 GPI | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6283 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.6445 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 0.6559 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.6632 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6663 GPI | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.6771 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.6787 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.693 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6986 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.7079 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7371 GPI | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.749 GPI | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.7806 GPI | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7834 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7992 GPI | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8045 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8164 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8159 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8191 GPI | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8279 GPI | +1.1% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 0.8279 GPI is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.9103 GPI, 91% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Niger's 0.8279 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9578 GPI, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5397 GPI | 0.53 GPI | 0.5547 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.5312 GPI | 0.5275 GPI | 0.535 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.5839 GPI | 0.5328 GPI | 0.6445 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.6927 GPI | 0.6559 GPI | 0.749 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8059 GPI | 0.7806 GPI | 0.8279 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More education data for Niger
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 58.27 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 59.59 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Niger?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Niger was 0.8279 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8279 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5275 GPI in 1988.
- How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Niger ranks 184th out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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 secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.