Afghanistan vs Niger: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index
Afghanistan
0.7702 index
in 2025
Niger
0.8644 index
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
164th
Niger rank
162nd
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Afghanistan
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.8644 index against 0.7702 index in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0942 index.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 164th and Niger ranks 162nd of 165 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1105 index | 0.65 index | 0.5395 index | Niger |
| 1990s | 0.1957 index | 0.6089 index | 0.4132 index | Niger |
| 2000s | 0.2835 index | 0.6173 index | 0.3338 index | Niger |
| 2010s | 0.5582 index | 0.7503 index | 0.192 index | Niger |
| 2020s | 0.7186 index | 0.8398 index | 0.1212 index | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index, Afghanistan or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.8644 index against 0.7702 index in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index between Afghanistan and Niger?
- 0.0942 index, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Niger?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Niger rank globally for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Afghanistan ranks 164th and Niger ranks 162nd of 165 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.