School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Niger

Niger: School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity was 0.5942 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.5942 GPI
Change on year
up 4.4%
World rank
86th
of 106 countries
All-time high
1.31 GPI
in 2010
All-time low
0.1546 GPI
in 2001
Years of data
19
1999–2017

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Niger, 1999–2017

0.250.50.7511.21999200820171999: 0.447 GPI2000: 0.305 GPI2001: 0.155 GPI2002: 0.603 GPI2003: 0.514 GPI2004: 0.74 GPI2005: 0.593 GPI2006: 0.839 GPI2007: 0.574 GPI2008: 0.693 GPI2009: 0.557 GPI2010: 1.3 GPI2011: 0.956 GPI2012: 0.709 GPI2013: 0.492 GPI2014: 0.431 GPI2015: 0.433 GPI2016: 0.569 GPI2017: 0.594 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Niger stood at 0.5942 GPI.

The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Niger peaked at 1.31 GPI in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1546 GPI, in 2001.

Niger ranks 86th of 106 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Niger, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Niger, 1999 to 2017.
Year GPI Change
1999 0.4465 GPI —
2000 0.3049 GPI -31.7%
2001 0.1546 GPI -49.3%
2002 0.6027 GPI +289.8%
2003 0.5137 GPI -14.8%
2004 0.7401 GPI +44.1%
2005 0.5926 GPI -19.9%
2006 0.839 GPI +41.6%
2007 0.5743 GPI -31.5%
2008 0.6925 GPI +20.6%
2009 0.5572 GPI -19.5%
2010 1.31 GPI +136.0%
2011 0.9564 GPI -27.3%
2012 0.7089 GPI -25.9%
2013 0.4925 GPI -30.5%
2014 0.4314 GPI -12.4%
2015 0.4334 GPI +0.5%
2016 0.5694 GPI +31.4%
2017 0.5942 GPI +4.4%

Niger compared with similar countries

  • Niger's 0.5942 GPI is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.5799 GPI, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
  • Niger's 0.5942 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.818 GPI, 73% of the median. (19 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity 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.

YearChange FromTo
2002 +289.8% 0.1546 GPI 0.6027 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4465 GPI 0.4465 GPI 0.4465 GPI 1
2000s 0.5572 GPI 0.1546 GPI 0.839 GPI 10
2010s 0.6876 GPI 0.4314 GPI 1.31 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 83 Belarus 0.6128 GPI compare
  2. 84 Laos 0.6035 GPI compare
  3. 85 Bulgaria 0.596 GPI compare
  4. 87 Russia 0.5671 GPI compare
  5. 88 Madagascar 0.5655 GPI
  6. 89 Afghanistan 0.562 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Niger?
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity in Niger was 0.5942 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 1.31 GPI in 2010.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1546 GPI in 2001.
How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity?
Niger ranks 86th out of 106 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,359 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed

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.