Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Benin
Benin: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education was 75.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Benin, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Benin recorded 75.6% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Benin peaked at 95.2% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 75.6%, in 2010.
That places Benin 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 95.2% | — |
| 1965 | 94.3% | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 94.2% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 94.2% | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 94.3% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 91.7% | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 88.6% | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 84.5% | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 80.3% | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 77.9% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 75.6% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94.8% | 94.3% | 95.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 94.2% | 94.2% | 94.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 93.0% | 91.7% | 94.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 86.5% | 84.5% | 88.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 79.1% | 77.9% | 80.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 75.6% | 75.6% | 75.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More education data for Benin
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57,296 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 209,295 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 85,495 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 84,746 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 929,099 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.40 million (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 5.18 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1743 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Benin?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Benin was 75.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 95.2% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.6% in 2010.
- How does Benin rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education?
- Benin ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education