School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Niger

Niger: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.8749 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8749 GPI
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
187th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.8749 GPI
in 2019
All-time low
0.5496 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
48
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Niger, 1971–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Niger recorded 0.8749 GPI for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.8749 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5496 GPI, in 1971.

Niger ranks 187th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.569 GPI 0.5496 GPI 0.6102 GPI 9
1980s 0.5806 GPI 0.5675 GPI 0.5967 GPI 10
1990s 0.6148 GPI 0.5749 GPI 0.6615 GPI 10
2000s 0.7118 GPI 0.6684 GPI 0.7812 GPI 10
2010s 0.8393 GPI 0.8021 GPI 0.8749 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 184 Mali 0.8997 GPI compare
  2. 185 Cameroon 0.8996 GPI compare
  3. 186 Palau 0.8791 GPI compare
  4. 188 Angola 0.8741 GPI compare
  5. 189 Yemen 0.8702 GPI compare
  6. 190 Pakistan 0.8592 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Niger?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Niger was 0.8749 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 0.8749 GPI in 2019.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5496 GPI in 1971.
How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Niger ranks 187th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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.