Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Niger

Niger: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 0.7927 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7927 GPI
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
130th
of 135 countries
All-time high
0.7927 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.4523 GPI
in 1974
Years of data
19
1974–2017

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Niger, 1974–2017

00.20.40.60.81974199520171974: 0.452 GPI1990: 0.482 GPI1991: 0.5 GPI1997: 0.592 GPI1999: 0.599 GPI2001: 0.62 GPI2002: 0.628 GPI2003: 0.629 GPI2004: 0.637 GPI2005: 0.672 GPI2007: 0.642 GPI2008: 0.645 GPI2009: 0.657 GPI2010: 0.743 GPI2011: 0.731 GPI2014: 0.751 GPI2015: 0.753 GPI2016: 0.779 GPI2017: 0.793 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2017, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Niger stood at 0.7927 GPI. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.7927 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4523 GPI, in 1974.

That places Niger 130th out of 135 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4523 GPI 0.4523 GPI 0.4523 GPI 1
1990s 0.5432 GPI 0.4815 GPI 0.5995 GPI 4
2000s 0.6413 GPI 0.6198 GPI 0.6717 GPI 8
2010s 0.7582 GPI 0.7308 GPI 0.7927 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 127 Pakistan 0.8575 GPI compare
  2. 128 Togo 0.8539 GPI compare
  3. 129 Yemen 0.8469 GPI compare
  4. 131 Iraq 0.7618 GPI compare
  5. 132 Tunisia 0.7085 GPI compare
  6. 133 Guinea 0.7035 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Niger?
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Niger was 0.7927 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 0.7927 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4523 GPI in 1974.
How does Niger rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Niger ranks 130th out of 135 countries with data for 2017.
Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,032 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for lower secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for lower secondary. 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.