School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) was 0.4376 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Benin, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Benin is 0.4376 GPI, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.4376 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0712 GPI, in 1971.
That places Benin 170th out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI) in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0712 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.1547 GPI | +117.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1633 GPI | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 0.2071 GPI | +26.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1779 GPI | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1747 GPI | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 0.2134 GPI | +22.1% |
| 1979 | 0.2118 GPI | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2248 GPI | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1955 GPI | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2189 GPI | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2114 GPI | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1828 GPI | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1831 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.1588 GPI | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 0.1475 GPI | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 0.1822 GPI | +23.5% |
| 1993 | 0.1933 GPI | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2067 GPI | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2069 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.2208 GPI | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 0.2306 GPI | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.2455 GPI | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 0.2459 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2465 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3237 GPI | +31.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3413 GPI | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3722 GPI | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3908 GPI | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3539 GPI | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2723 GPI | -23.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3415 GPI | +25.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3763 GPI | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3384 GPI | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3742 GPI | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3976 GPI | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4132 GPI | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4376 GPI | +5.9% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.4376 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8461 GPI, 52% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.4376 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7194 GPI, 61% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +117.4% | 0.0712 GPI | 0.1547 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1717 GPI | 0.0712 GPI | 0.2134 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.1965 GPI | 0.1588 GPI | 0.2248 GPI | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.2042 GPI | 0.1475 GPI | 0.2455 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.3201 GPI | 0.2459 GPI | 0.3908 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3672 GPI | 0.2723 GPI | 0.4376 GPI | 9 |
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, tertiary, gender parity index in Benin?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Benin was 0.4376 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4376 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0712 GPI in 1971.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 170th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. 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, 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.