School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) was 0.848 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin, 1971–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.848 GPIA for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in 2022. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.848 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.38 GPIA, in 1977.
That places Benin 200th out of 213 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4205 GPIA | — |
| 1973 | 0.4299 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.4408 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.4832 GPIA | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 0.38 GPIA | -21.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4119 GPIA | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 0.398 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4039 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.4592 GPIA | +13.7% |
| 2000 | 0.4532 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4676 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4683 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4629 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.4639 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.629 GPIA | +35.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6669 GPIA | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 0.696 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 0.7081 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7563 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 0.7991 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 0.821 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.848 GPIA | +3.3% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.848 GPIA is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.02 GPIA, 83% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.848 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.01 GPIA, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +35.6% | 0.4639 GPIA | 0.629 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4309 GPIA | 0.38 GPIA | 0.4832 GPIA | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.4046 GPIA | 0.398 GPIA | 0.4119 GPIA | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.4592 GPIA | 0.4592 GPIA | 0.4592 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4632 GPIA | 0.4532 GPIA | 0.4683 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6912 GPIA | 0.629 GPIA | 0.7563 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8227 GPIA | 0.7991 GPIA | 0.848 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 197 Liechtenstein 0.8618 GPIA compare
- 198 Togo 0.8591 GPIA compare
- 199 Papua New Guinea 0.8558 GPIA compare
- 201 Niue 0.8465 GPIA compare
- 202 Eritrea 0.8372 GPIA compare
- 203 Tajikistan 0.8328 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin was 0.848 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.848 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.38 GPIA in 1977.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 200th out of 213 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. 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, 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