School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.925 GPIA in 2022. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin, 1971β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin stood at 0.925 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.9341 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4417 GPIA, in 1975.
Benin ranks 197th of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4564 GPIA | 0.4417 GPIA | 0.4718 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4988 GPIA | 0.4746 GPIA | 0.5138 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.564 GPIA | 0.505 GPIA | 0.6632 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7733 GPIA | 0.6895 GPIA | 0.8761 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9189 GPIA | 0.892 GPIA | 0.9341 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9224 GPIA | 0.9208 GPIA | 0.925 GPIA | 3 |
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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 life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin was 0.925 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9341 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4417 GPIA in 1975.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 197th out of 209 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release