School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.8313 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Benin, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.8313 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.8313 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.442 GPI, in 1971.
Benin ranks 165th of 175 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.442 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.4507 GPI | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.4436 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.4449 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4692 GPI | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.4697 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.4754 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.5946 GPI | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6089 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6201 GPI | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6322 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.6391 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.6572 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7564 GPI | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7772 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7881 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8053 GPI | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8313 GPI | +3.2% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.8313 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9957 GPI, 83% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.8313 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9378 GPI, 89% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +25.1% | 0.4754 GPI | 0.5946 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4453 GPI | 0.442 GPI | 0.4507 GPI | 4 |
| 1980s | 0.4714 GPI | 0.4692 GPI | 0.4754 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.5946 GPI | 0.5946 GPI | 0.5946 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6315 GPI | 0.6089 GPI | 0.6572 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.7917 GPI | 0.7564 GPI | 0.8313 GPI | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More education data for Benin
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 87.56 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 90.39 (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Benin?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Benin was 0.8313 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8313 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.442 GPI in 1971.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 165th out of 175 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. 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 to tertiary, 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.