Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Benin
Benin: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 53.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Benin, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Benin recorded 53.9% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Benin peaked at 88.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 53.9%, in 2010.
That places Benin 9th 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 population age 15+ with no education in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 88.8% | — |
| 1965 | 87.0% | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 86.0% | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 84.9% | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 82.4% | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 77.3% | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 72.3% | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 67.4% | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 63.5% | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 59.0% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 53.9% | -8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87.9% | 87.0% | 88.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 85.4% | 84.9% | 86.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 79.8% | 77.3% | 82.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 69.9% | 67.4% | 72.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 61.3% | 59.0% | 63.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 53.9% | 53.9% | 53.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 6 Afghanistan 58.4% compare
- 7 Yemen 57.5% compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 57.0% compare
- 10 Sudan 53.7% compare
- 11 Central African Republic 51.6% compare
- 12 Burundi 50.4% compare
More education data for Benin
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.40 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.18 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Benin?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Benin was 53.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 88.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.9% in 2010.
- How does Benin rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Benin ranks 9th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. 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 population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 15+ with no education