School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.5593 GPIA in 2022. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin, 1971β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin is 0.5593 GPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 42 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.5593 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0785 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Benin 179th out of 189 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1742 GPIA | 0.0785 GPIA | 0.2132 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.1982 GPIA | 0.1598 GPIA | 0.2268 GPIA | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.2042 GPIA | 0.1477 GPIA | 0.2458 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.3196 GPIA | 0.2461 GPIA | 0.3917 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.379 GPIA | 0.2743 GPIA | 0.455 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5285 GPIA | 0.4926 GPIA | 0.5593 GPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Benin
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 59,742 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 4.48 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Benin was 0.5593 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5593 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0785 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 179th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.3%. 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release