Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%) (enrolment) in Niger
Niger: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%) (enrolment) was 20.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Niger, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Niger is 20.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 20.5% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Niger peaked at 30.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 1974.
That places Niger 163rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%) (enrolment) in Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 2.6% | — |
| 1990 | 7.2% | +182.9% |
| 1991 | 7.8% | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 8.8% | +12.1% |
| 1999 | 9.0% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 9.1% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 9.4% | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 9.4% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | +34.5% |
| 2007 | 16.7% | +18.9% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 15.5% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 17.6% | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 17.3% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 17.5% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 24.3% | +38.7% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 29.1% | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 30.4% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 27.2% | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 25.9% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 25.6% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 20.3% | -20.5% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 20.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 56.7%, 36% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Niger's 20.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 71.3%, 29% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%) (enrolment) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +182.9% | 2.6% | 7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 8.2% | 7.2% | 9.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 12.6% | 9.1% | 16.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 23.7% | 17.3% | 30.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 24.5% | 20.3% | 26.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More education data for Niger
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 58.27 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 59.59 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Niger?
- Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Niger was 20.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 30.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 1974.
- How does Niger rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female?
- Niger ranks 163rd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release