School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Niger

Niger: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.8398 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.8398 GPI
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
181st
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.8398 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.6048 GPI
in 1995
Years of data
22
1995–2017

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Niger, 1995–2017

00.20.40.60.81995200620171995: 0.605 GPI1996: 0.614 GPI1997: 0.625 GPI1998: 0.64 GPI1999: 0.657 GPI2001: 0.671 GPI2002: 0.674 GPI2003: 0.684 GPI2004: 0.686 GPI2005: 0.699 GPI2006: 0.705 GPI2007: 0.716 GPI2008: 0.745 GPI2009: 0.758 GPI2010: 0.789 GPI2011: 0.791 GPI2012: 0.805 GPI2013: 0.811 GPI2014: 0.82 GPI2015: 0.818 GPI2016: 0.825 GPI2017: 0.84 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Niger recorded 0.8398 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in 2017. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Niger peaked at 0.8398 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6048 GPI, in 1995.

That places Niger 181st out of 188 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6282 GPI 0.6048 GPI 0.6567 GPI 5
2000s 0.7043 GPI 0.6711 GPI 0.7585 GPI 9
2010s 0.8124 GPI 0.7888 GPI 0.8398 GPI 8

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 178 Cameroon 0.8882 GPI compare
  2. 179 Pakistan 0.8662 GPI compare
  3. 180 Eritrea 0.8579 GPI compare
  4. 182 Yemen 0.8367 GPI compare
  5. 183 Iraq 0.8095 GPI compare
  6. 184 Guinea 0.7943 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Niger?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Niger was 0.8398 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 0.8398 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6048 GPI in 1995.
How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind?
Niger ranks 181st out of 188 countries with data for 2017.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.