School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity was 0.8996 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Benin, 1971–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.8996 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in 2022. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Benin peaked at 0.8996 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4397 GPIA, in 1977.
That places Benin 197th out of 208 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4437 GPIA | — |
| 1973 | 0.4542 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.4481 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.4488 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4397 GPIA | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.477 GPIA | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 0.48 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.486 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6093 GPIA | +25.4% |
| 2000 | 0.6259 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6391 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6541 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.6625 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.6812 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.802 GPIA | +17.7% |
| 2013 | 0.8231 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8399 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8464 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8681 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8783 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8869 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8996 GPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4469 GPIA | 0.4397 GPIA | 0.4542 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.481 GPIA | 0.477 GPIA | 0.486 GPIA | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.6093 GPIA | 0.6093 GPIA | 0.6093 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6526 GPIA | 0.6259 GPIA | 0.6812 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8359 GPIA | 0.802 GPIA | 0.8681 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8883 GPIA | 0.8783 GPIA | 0.8996 GPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Benin
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 59,742 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 108.04 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Benin?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Benin was 0.8996 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8996 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4397 GPIA in 1977.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Benin ranks 197th out of 208 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 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