School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Niger
Niger: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7386 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Niger, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Niger recorded 0.7386 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2017.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.7495 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3306 GPI, in 1979.
Niger ranks 183rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3621 GPI | 0.3306 GPI | 0.3826 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.3714 GPI | 0.3447 GPI | 0.3906 GPI | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.4719 GPI | 0.3644 GPI | 0.5818 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.6135 GPI | 0.6 GPI | 0.627 GPI | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7141 GPI | 0.6666 GPI | 0.7495 GPI | 8 |
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- Autumn temperature anomalies -0.2336 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 2.76 °C (2025)
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- Annual precipitation 71.17 millimeters (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Niger?
- School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Niger was 0.7386 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7495 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3306 GPI in 1979.
- How does Niger rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
- Niger ranks 183rd out of 195 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. 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, secondary, 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.