Niger
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Low income
Percent of population aged 10-24
33% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
4,173,739 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
3,698,872 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
76%
Source: UNSDG, 2012
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
186
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15
No data available
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
29%
Source: DHS, 2012
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
No data available
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
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Primary 20%
(2019)
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Lower secondary 58%
(2016)
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Upper secondary 83%
(2016)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
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Female 2%
-
Male 2%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
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Female 1%
-
Male 1%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Completion rate
No data available
No data available
No data available
Out-of-school rate
No data available
No data available
No data available
Programs Back to Top
Network/Convening/Conference
Accelerated Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls First Fund Grant Program
Project/Program
Global Programme to End Child Marriage
Project/Program
Illimin Programme
Project/Program
Inspiring Married Adolescent Girls to Imagine New Empowered Futures (IMAGINE)
Research Project/Report/Study
Living Under Lockdown: Girls and COVID-19
Project/Program
More Than Brides Alliance: Marriage: No Child's Play
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Niger: Strengthening the Resilience of the Education System to Limit the Effects of COVID-19
Project/Program
Safe Learning Model
Network/Convening/Conference
Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)
Project/Program
Sarraounia Project
Project/Program
Socioeconomic Development through Support for Training and Youth Professional Integration in Agadez and Zinder Regions
Project/Program
Support to the National Vocational Training and Professional Insertion Programme in Niger II
Project/Program
Support to the Operationalisation of the Education and Training Sector Programme
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of Secondary School Scholarships on Girls' Skill Development and Female Empowerment in Niger