School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Niger
Niger: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8113 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Niger, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Niger stood at 0.8113 GPI. 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 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.8113 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5234 GPI, in 1990.
Niger ranks 166th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5372 GPI | 0.5283 GPI | 0.5508 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.5269 GPI | 0.525 GPI | 0.5284 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.5234 GPI | 0.5234 GPI | 0.5234 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6992 GPI | 0.6702 GPI | 0.7413 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.7936 GPI | 0.7735 GPI | 0.8113 GPI | 6 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 64.65 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 64.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Niger?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Niger was 0.8113 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8113 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5234 GPI in 1990.
- How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Niger ranks 166th out of 175 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. 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, 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.