Benin vs IDA blend: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male

Benin
12.74 years
in 2016
IDA blend
8.87 years
in 2019
Benin rank
46th
IDA blend rank
43rd

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male over time

  • Benin
  • IDA blend
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 12.74 years against 8.87 years in IDA blend, a difference of 3.87 years.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.4 times IDA blend's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1971 it was IDA blend ahead.

Benin ranks 46th and IDA blend ranks 43rd of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and IDA blend in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin IDA blend Difference Ahead
1970s 4.21 years 5.83 years 1.62 years IDA blend
1980s 6.81 years 7.82 years 1 years IDA blend
1990s 7.83 years 7.48 years 0.3443 years Benin
2000s 9.12 years 7.79 years 1.33 years Benin
2010s 12.65 years 8.72 years 3.93 years Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male, Benin or IDA blend?
Benin, at 12.74 years against 8.87 years in IDA blend as of 2016.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male between Benin and IDA blend?
3.87 years, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and IDA blend?
19 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Benin and IDA blend rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
Benin ranks 46th and IDA blend ranks 43rd of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
238 places, 7,783 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.