School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9206 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Benin, 1999–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Benin is 0.9206 GPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Benin peaked at 0.9206 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.628 GPIA, in 1999.
Benin ranks 186th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.628 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.6461 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.6597 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6775 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6889 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7067 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7385 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.842 GPIA | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8673 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8825 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8949 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9107 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9086 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9133 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9206 GPIA | +0.8% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.9206 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9951 GPIA, 93% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.9206 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9882 GPIA, 93% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.628 GPIA | 0.628 GPIA | 0.628 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6862 GPIA | 0.6461 GPIA | 0.7385 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8795 GPIA | 0.842 GPIA | 0.9107 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9142 GPIA | 0.9086 GPIA | 0.9206 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 183 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9387 GPIA compare
- 184 Eswatini 0.9366 GPIA compare
- 185 Iraq 0.9353 GPIA compare
- 187 Mozambique 0.9205 GPIA compare
- 188 Mali 0.9201 GPIA compare
- 189 Tajikistan 0.9165 GPIA compare
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 school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Benin?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Benin was 0.9206 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9206 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.628 GPIA in 1999.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Benin ranks 186th out of 200 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release