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

Niger: Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index was 0.6741 GPI in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.6741 GPI
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
137th
of 142 countries
All-time high
0.6741 GPI
in 2017
All-time low
0.5734 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
14
1999–2017

Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Niger, 1999–2017

00.20.40.61999200820171999: 0.573 GPI2001: 0.591 GPI2002: 0.584 GPI2003: 0.609 GPI2004: 0.6 GPI2005: 0.575 GPI2007: 0.623 GPI2008: 0.645 GPI2009: 0.615 GPI2010: 0.667 GPI2011: 0.593 GPI2014: 0.626 GPI2015: 0.657 GPI2017: 0.674 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Niger is 0.6741 GPI, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.6741 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5734 GPI, in 1999.

Niger ranks 137th of 142 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5734 GPI 0.5734 GPI 0.5734 GPI 1
2000s 0.6054 GPI 0.5753 GPI 0.6445 GPI 8
2010s 0.6433 GPI 0.5932 GPI 0.6741 GPI 5

Countries ranked near Niger

  1. 134 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7435 GPI
  2. 135 Mali 0.7379 GPI compare
  3. 136 Iraq 0.7245 GPI compare
  4. 138 Malawi 0.6386 GPI compare
  5. 139 Yemen 0.5943 GPI compare
  6. 140 Guinea 0.5929 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Niger?
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index in Niger was 0.6741 GPI in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
The highest recorded value was 0.6741 GPI in 2017.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index recorded in Niger?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5734 GPI in 1999.
How does Niger rank for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index?
Niger ranks 137th out of 142 countries with data for 2017.
Is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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, upper 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, upper secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 3,033 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for upper secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for upper 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. For more information, consult the UIS website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/