School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 0.8661 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Benin, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2016, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Benin stood at 0.8661 GPI. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.8661 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4394 GPI, in 1977.
That places Benin 178th out of 193 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4434 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.4534 GPI | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.4471 GPI | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 0.4482 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4394 GPI | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4752 GPI | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 0.4784 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.4842 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6063 GPI | +25.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6224 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6355 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.65 GPI | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6584 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.6767 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7971 GPI | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8185 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8365 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8435 GPI | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8661 GPI | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4463 GPI | 0.4394 GPI | 0.4534 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.4793 GPI | 0.4752 GPI | 0.4842 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.6063 GPI | 0.6063 GPI | 0.6063 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6486 GPI | 0.6224 GPI | 0.6767 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8323 GPI | 0.7971 GPI | 0.8661 GPI | 5 |
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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, gender parity index in Benin?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Benin was 0.8661 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8661 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4394 GPI in 1977.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 178th out of 193 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.