Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger
Niger: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 18.3% 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
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger is 18.3%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.7% on the previous year and down 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Niger peaked at 26.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2011.
That places Niger 98th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 secondary education enrolled in in Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.9% | — |
| 1999 | 21.2% | +78.3% |
| 2001 | 23.4% | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 13.9% | -40.4% |
| 2003 | 11.4% | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 12.0% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 14.8% | +23.3% |
| 2006 | 9.9% | -33.2% |
| 2007 | 11.4% | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 13.9% | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | -26.7% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 24.5% | +166.1% |
| 2013 | 22.4% | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 26.6% | +18.8% |
| 2015 | 26.2% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 24.4% | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 25.1% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 18.3% | -11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.5% | 11.9% | 21.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.7% | 9.9% | 23.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 9.2% | 26.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 19.5% | 18.3% | 20.7% | 2 |
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More education data for Niger
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.6666 % change on previous year (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 18.3% 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 26.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2011.
- How does Niger rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Niger ranks 98th 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 31.4%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release