School age population, primary education, female in Benin
Benin: School age population, primary education, female was 942,440 number in 2020. β² Rising
School age population, primary education, female in Benin, 1970β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2020, school age population, primary education, female in Benin stood at 942,440 number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, primary education, female in Benin peaked at 942,440 number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 218,249 number, in 1970.
That places Benin 68th out of 206 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 256,700 number | 218,249 number | 297,233 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 343,061 number | 305,928 number | 393,463 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 471,857 number | 406,353 number | 542,532 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 636,584 number | 559,055 number | 716,164 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 824,137 number | 734,024 number | 920,984 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 942,440 number | 942,440 number | 942,440 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More education data for Benin
- 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 59,742 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.48 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, primary education, female in Benin?
- School age population, primary education, female in Benin was 942,440 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 942,440 number in 2020.
- What is the lowest school age population, primary education, female recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 218,249 number in 1970.
- How does Benin rank for school age population, primary education, female?
- Benin ranks 68th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, primary education, female rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. 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 School age population, primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to primary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.