School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Niger
Niger: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.5684 GPI in 2019. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Niger, 1973–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Niger stood at 0.5684 GPI. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.5% on the previous year and up 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.5684 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0395 GPI, in 1974.
Niger ranks 164th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.113 GPI | 0.0395 GPI | 0.1737 GPI | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.1628 GPI | 0.1307 GPI | 0.1941 GPI | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.1463 GPI | 0.1463 GPI | 0.1463 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3418 GPI | 0.3041 GPI | 0.3716 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4448 GPI | 0.3803 GPI | 0.5684 GPI | 8 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 161 Iraq 0.5954 GPI compare
- 162 Gabon 0.5873 GPI compare
- 163 Papua New Guinea 0.5701 GPI compare
- 165 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5588 GPI compare
- 166 Togo 0.5304 GPI compare
- 167 Burkina Faso 0.5279 GPI compare
More education data for Niger
- 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 69,636 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 5.93 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 63.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Niger?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Niger was 0.5684 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5684 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0395 GPI in 1974.
- How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Niger ranks 164th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niger data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, 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.