School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Niger
Niger: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.8749 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Niger, 1971–2019
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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- Winter temperature anomalies 2.76 °C (2025)
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- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
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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
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.