Niger - School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) in Niger was 0.748 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 0.753 in 2016, while its lowest value was 0.335 in 1979.

Definition: Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratio in secondary education is the ratio of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 0.383
1972 0.357
1973 0.368
1974 0.359
1975 0.362
1976 0.377
1977 0.375
1978 0.364
1979 0.335
1980 0.345
1981 0.366
1988 0.391
1989 0.390
1990 0.376
1991 0.381
1992 0.405
1993 0.458
1996 0.519
1997 0.541
1998 0.564
1999 0.590
2000 0.605
2001 0.612
2002 0.603
2003 0.616
2004 0.609
2005 0.628
2006 0.626
2007 0.622
2008 0.622
2009 0.623
2010 0.698
2011 0.667
2012 0.694
2013 0.706
2014 0.732
2015 0.736
2016 0.753
2017 0.748

Development Relevance: The Gender Parity Index (GPI) indicates parity between girls and boys. A GPI of less than 1 suggests girls are more disadvantaged than boys in learning opportunities and a GPI of greater than 1 suggests the other way around. Eliminating gender disparities in education would help increase the status and capabilities of women.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: This indicator is calculated by dividing female gross enrollment ratio in secondary education by male gross enrollment ratio in secondary education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation