Over-age students, primary, female in Benin
Benin: Over-age students, primary, female was 7.3% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, female in Benin, 1984–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female enrollment.
Analysis
Benin recorded 7.3% for over-age students, primary, female in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, female in Benin peaked at 20.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2014.
Benin ranks 80th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, female in Benin, year by year
| Year | % of female enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 19.6% | — |
| 1985 | 18.0% | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 18.7% | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 17.8% | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 16.5% | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 20.2% | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 17.7% | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 17.3% | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 16.0% | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 15.8% | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 14.9% | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 14.1% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 10.4% | -26.0% |
| 2008 | 10.3% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 9.0% | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 7.2% | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | +20.1% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | -16.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.1% | 16.5% | 19.6% | 5 |
| 1990s | 16.6% | 14.1% | 20.2% | 7 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 9.0% | 10.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 8.2% | 7.2% | 8.8% | 7 |
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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 over-age students, primary, female in Benin?
- Over-age students, primary, female in Benin was 7.3% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 20.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2014.
- How does Benin rank for over-age students, primary, female?
- Benin ranks 80th out of 191 countries with data for 2018.
- Is over-age students, primary, female rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.