Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Niger
Niger: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.5045 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Niger, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Niger is 0.5045 index, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Niger peaked at 0.5045 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.2491 index, in 1981.
That places Niger 162nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2768 index | 0.2491 index | 0.2915 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3156 index | 0.2912 index | 0.3345 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.347 index | 0.321 index | 0.379 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4043 index | 0.3623 index | 0.4657 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4856 index | 0.4744 index | 0.5045 index | 6 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 159 Burkina Faso 0.5354 index compare
- 160 Benin 0.513 index compare
- 161 South Sudan 0.5074 index compare
- 163 Chad 0.3672 index compare
- 164 Somalia 0.2143 index compare
More gender data for Niger
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 528,190 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 546,108 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 503,963 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 519,307 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 480,074 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 494,664 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 458,633 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 472,547 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 443,525 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 457,074 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Niger?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Niger was 0.5045 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5045 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2491 index in 1981.
- How does Niger rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Niger ranks 162nd out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.