Education in Niger 160 indicators covering education for Niger. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Population ages 15-64 51.2% 2025 up 5.8% 211th Population ages 0-14 46.2% 2025 down 6.0% 3rd Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 64.7% 2024 down 5.9% 203rd Primary education, teachers 69,636 2024 up 9.3% 74th School enrollment, primary, female 63.3% 2024 up 0.5% 201st School enrollment, primary, male 66.0% 2024 down 11.1% 200th Labor force, total 11.97 million 2025 up 61.1% 50th Labor force, female 45.0% 2025 up 8.3% 101st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9125 GPI 2021 up 11.4% 185th School enrollment, secondary 19.9% 2024 up 11.3% 199th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 15.3 per 1,000 2024 down 10.5% 13th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 9.1 per 1,000 2024 down 24.2% 21st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 12.2 per 1,000 2024 down 16.4% 2nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 17.8 per 1,000 2024 down 19.1% 2nd Secondary education, teachers 28,148 2024 up 37.2% 112th School enrollment, secondary, female 19.5% 2024 up 29.9% 197th School enrollment, secondary, male 20.2% 2024 down 1.8% 198th School enrollment, tertiary 4.2% 2019 up 230.5% 182nd School enrollment, primary, private 4.5% 2024 up 31.7% 154th School enrollment, preprimary 7.0% 2021 up 29.4% 187th School enrollment, tertiary, male 5.1% 2019 up 189.5% 176th School enrollment, tertiary, female 3.2% 2019 up 331.4% 178th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.7479 GPI 2017 up 20.2% 185th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.6364 GPI 2019 up 49.0% 170th Secondary education, teachers, female 8,052 2024 up 96.1% 122nd Primary completion rate, female 40.6% 2024 down 18.4% 186th Primary completion rate, male 40.9% 2024 down 34.9% 187th Government expenditure on education, total 4.1% 2023 up 10.4% 102nd Secondary education, general pupils 775,930 2018 up 240.0% 74th Lower secondary completion rate, total 11.9% 2024 down 0.7% 186th School enrollment, preprimary, female 7.3% 2021 up 30.3% 184th School enrollment, preprimary, male 6.8% 2021 up 28.4% 184th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 44.6% 2023 down 30.7% 171st Government expenditure on education, total 12.8% 2023 down 29.2% 94th Secondary education, general pupils 42.5% 2018 up 12.0% 193rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 12.2% 2024 up 24.3% 186th Lower secondary completion rate, male 11.6% 2024 down 17.4% 186th Children out of school 40.4% 2024 up 1.3% 6th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 3.00 million 2024 up 31.9% 53rd Secondary education, pupils 870,368 2024 up 69.0% 86th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 42.5% 2023 down 32.9% 157th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 47.0% 2023 down 28.4% 155th Secondary education, vocational pupils 56,458 2017 up 858.9% 85th Number of under-five deaths, male 62,674 2024 up 9.0% 6th Number of under-five deaths, female 55,771 2024 up 7.2% 6th Number of infant deaths, male 39,419 2024 up 17.6% 8th Number of infant deaths, female 32,490 2024 up 17.2% 7th Children out of school, female 41.7% 2024 down 7.1% 8th Children out of school, male 39.1% 2024 up 11.6% 6th Secondary education, vocational pupils 49.2% 2017 up 19.9% 33rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 75.4% 2018 up 4.1% 183rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 0.3% 2025 down 33.6% 185th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 0.5% 2025 down 25.3% 183rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 0.4% 2025 down 29.1% 184th Primary education, teachers 56.5% 2024 up 17.6% 159th Repeaters, primary, total 2.5% 2016 down 48.2% 89th Page 1 of 3 Next →