School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Niger
Niger: School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.8113 GPIA in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Niger, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Niger recorded 0.8113 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in 2017. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Niger peaked at 0.8113 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5278 GPIA, in 1972.
Niger ranks 169th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … tertiary adjusted GPIA gender in Niger, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5285 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.5278 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.5319 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.5433 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5448 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.5378 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.5402 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 0.5381 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 0.5637 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 0.5379 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 0.5352 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.5489 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 0.5473 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6826 GPIA | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 0.685 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.6978 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.7003 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7089 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7355 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7451 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7763 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7789 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.7925 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7997 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8094 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8113 GPIA | +0.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 0.8113 GPIA is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.8674 GPIA, 94% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Niger's 0.8113 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9527 GPIA, 85% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5396 GPIA | 0.5278 GPIA | 0.5637 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.5407 GPIA | 0.5352 GPIA | 0.5489 GPIA | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.5473 GPIA | 0.5473 GPIA | 0.5473 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7079 GPIA | 0.6826 GPIA | 0.7451 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.7947 GPIA | 0.7763 GPIA | 0.8113 GPIA | 6 |
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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Niger?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Niger was 0.8113 GPIA in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8113 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5278 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Niger ranks 169th out of 179 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. 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 to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release