School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Niger

Niger: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7386 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7386 GPI
Change on year
down 1.5%
World rank
183rd
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.7495 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.3306 GPI
in 1979
Years of data
39
1971–2017

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Niger, 1971–2017

00.20.40.60.81971199420171971: 0.383 GPI1972: 0.357 GPI1973: 0.368 GPI1974: 0.354 GPI1975: 0.362 GPI1976: 0.373 GPI1977: 0.372 GPI1978: 0.36 GPI1979: 0.331 GPI1980: 0.345 GPI1981: 0.36 GPI1988: 0.391 GPI1989: 0.39 GPI1990: 0.365 GPI1991: 0.364 GPI1992: 0.405 GPI1993: 0.458 GPI1996: 0.519 GPI1997: 0.519 GPI1998: 0.564 GPI1999: 0.582 GPI2000: 0.605 GPI2001: 0.602 GPI2002: 0.6 GPI2003: 0.615 GPI2004: 0.605 GPI2005: 0.626 GPI2006: 0.627 GPI2007: 0.616 GPI2008: 0.621 GPI2009: 0.619 GPI2010: 0.698 GPI2011: 0.667 GPI2012: 0.694 GPI2013: 0.706 GPI2014: 0.728 GPI2015: 0.733 GPI2016: 0.749 GPI2017: 0.739 GPI

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 180 Equatorial Guinea 0.7521 GPI compare
  2. 181 Benin 0.7502 GPI compare
  3. 182 Iraq 0.7419 GPI compare
  4. 184 Yemen 0.7227 GPI compare
  5. 185 Togo 0.7154 GPI compare
  6. 186 Papua New Guinea 0.7154 GPI compare

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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

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.