Total net enrolment rate, primary, female (%) in Niger
Niger: Total net enrolment rate, primary, female (%) was 58.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, primary, female in Niger, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Niger recorded 58.3% for total net enrolment rate, primary, female in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, female in Niger peaked at 61.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 1973.
That places Niger 172nd out of 180 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, primary, female (%) in Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 7.3% | — |
| 1974 | 8.0% | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 16.2% | +103.1% |
| 1989 | 16.3% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 16.7% | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 17.2% | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 15.9% | -7.6% |
| 1997 | 18.4% | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 19.0% | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 20.7% | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 21.5% | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 24.3% | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 27.1% | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 30.4% | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 33.3% | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 33.8% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 35.1% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 36.4% | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 40.3% | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 44.0% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 47.9% | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 52.4% | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 54.4% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 55.2% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 55.1% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 56.7% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 57.9% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 61.2% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 55.5% | -9.5% |
| 2021 | 56.0% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 56.7% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 58.9% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 58.3% | -1.0% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 58.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 67.3%, 87% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Niger's 58.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 85.4%, 68% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total net enrolment rate, primary, female (%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +103.1% | 8.0% | 16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.7% | 7.3% | 8.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 16.3% | 16.2% | 16.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 18.0% | 15.9% | 20.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 32.6% | 21.5% | 44.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.1% | 47.9% | 61.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 57.5% | 56.0% | 58.9% | 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, primary, female in Niger?
- Total net enrolment rate, primary, female in Niger was 58.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, female recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 61.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, female recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 1973.
- How does Niger rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, female?
- Niger ranks 172nd out of 180 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net enrolment rate, primary, female rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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, primary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release