Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Benin
Benin: Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity was 0.513 modelled data in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Benin, 1981β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in modelled data.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Benin stood at 0.513 modelled data. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Benin peaked at 0.513 modelled data in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.262 modelled data, in 1982.
Benin ranks 160th of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2715 modelled data | 0.262 modelled data | 0.284 modelled data | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3194 modelled data | 0.2924 modelled data | 0.3278 modelled data | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3266 modelled data | 0.3223 modelled data | 0.3299 modelled data | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4059 modelled data | 0.341 modelled data | 0.4639 modelled data | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4955 modelled data | 0.4706 modelled data | 0.513 modelled data | 6 |
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More education data for Benin
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 59,742 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0043 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Benin?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity in Benin was 0.513 modelled data in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.513 modelled data in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.262 modelled data in 1982.
- How does Benin rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity?
- Benin ranks 160th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (modelled data). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release