Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Benin
Benin: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Latest (2022)
0.5%
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
29th
of 114 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2015
All-time low
0.4%
in 2020
Years of data
8
2011–2022
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Benin, 2011–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.5% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2022.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Benin peaked at 0.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2020.
Benin ranks 29th of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.7% | — |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -35.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +84.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -44.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Benin?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Benin was 0.5% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- How does Benin rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Benin ranks 29th out of 114 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Information and Communication Technologies programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release