Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes in Benin
Benin: Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes was 7.3% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes in Benin, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes in Benin stood at 7.3%.
That represents a change of up 139.2% on the previous year and up 94.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes in Benin peaked at 27.3% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2015.
That places Benin 47th out of 188 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 13.1% | — |
| 1972 | 16.9% | +28.5% |
| 1973 | 15.4% | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 15.7% | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 16.4% | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 17.7% | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 15.0% | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 18.3% | +21.5% |
| 1979 | 16.6% | -9.3% |
| 1980 | 18.8% | +13.7% |
| 1981 | 17.7% | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 19.5% | +10.1% |
| 1983 | 21.3% | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 21.6% | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 21.6% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 23.4% | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 22.2% | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 23.3% | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 21.9% | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 24.0% | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 24.5% | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 24.5% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 24.4% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 25.9% | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 26.1% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 27.3% | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 25.6% | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 14.7% | -42.5% |
| 2001 | 20.2% | +37.3% |
| 2002 | 16.8% | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 22.4% | +32.9% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | -66.5% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | -50.2% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | -15.5% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | +18.1% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +139.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 7.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4.0%, 1.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Benin's 7.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.8%, 94% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +139.2% | 3.0% | 7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.1% | 13.1% | 18.3% | 9 |
| 1980s | 21.1% | 17.7% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.3% | 24.0% | 27.3% | 8 |
| 2000s | 14.2% | 3.7% | 22.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.0% | 7.3% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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 repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes in Benin?
- Repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes in Benin was 7.3% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 27.3% in 1996.
- What is the lowest repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2015.
- How does Benin rank for repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes?
- Benin ranks 47th out of 188 countries with data for 2018.
- Is repetition rate in grade 1 of primary education, both sexes rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.7%. 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 Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Number of repeaters in a given grade in a given school year, expressed as a percentage of enrolment in that grade the previous school year. Divide the number of repeaters in a given grade in school year t+1 by the number of pupils from the same cohort enrolled in the same grade in the previous school year t.