Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Niger
Niger: Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational was 20.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger stood at 20.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger peaked at 38.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 1998.
Niger ranks 88th of 168 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.7% | — |
| 1999 | 23.4% | +100.6% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | -46.1% |
| 2003 | 11.7% | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 13.7% | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 15.3% | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 14.2% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 14.5% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 14.8% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 15.1% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 15.0% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 15.0% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 32.7% | +118.6% |
| 2013 | 30.6% | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 38.1% | +24.2% |
| 2015 | 37.2% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 33.3% | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 32.1% | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 23.4% | -27.1% |
| 2024 | 20.7% | -11.3% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 20.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 16.2%, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Niger's 20.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.8%, 2.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Niger changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +118.6% | 15.0% | 32.7% |
| 1999 | +100.6% | 11.7% | 23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.5% | 11.7% | 23.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 11.7% | 25.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 29.2% | 15.0% | 38.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 22.0% | 20.7% | 23.4% | 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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger was 20.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 38.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 1998.
- How does Niger rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Niger ranks 88th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.6%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release