Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in Benin
Benin: Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi was 0.9399 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in Benin, 1984–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.9399 for net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in Benin peaked at 0.9426 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5, in 1984.
That places Benin 164th out of 180 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 0.5 | — |
| 1985 | 0.5033 | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.5102 | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.5142 | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.5173 | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.5244 | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.5071 | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.5203 | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.5528 | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5716 | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 0.5941 | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 0.6191 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8307 | +34.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8708 | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8879 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9018 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.902 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.94 | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9426 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9352 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9389 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9357 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9399 | +0.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.9399 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1, 94% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.9399 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1, 94% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +34.2% | 0.6191 | 0.8307 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.509 | 0.5 | 0.5173 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.5557 | 0.5071 | 0.6191 | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8632 | 0.8307 | 0.8879 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9243 | 0.9018 | 0.9426 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9382 | 0.9357 | 0.9399 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More education data for Benin
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 87.56 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 90.39 (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in Benin?
- Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi in Benin was 0.9399 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9426 in 2018.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 in 1984.
- How does Benin rank for net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi?
- Benin ranks 164th out of 180 countries with data for 2022.
- Is net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).