Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity in Benin
Benin: Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity was 1.06 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Benin, 2000–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Benin recorded 1.06 GPIA for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2022. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Benin peaked at 1.06 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.6899 GPIA, in 2005.
Benin ranks 85th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7953 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7937 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8866 GPIA | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9681 GPIA | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7017 GPIA | -27.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6899 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9517 GPIA | +37.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9697 GPIA | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9712 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9922 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9946 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1.06 GPIA | +1.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 1.06 GPIA is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.03 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Benin's 1.06 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.02 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in upper … upper general adjusted gender parity 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 | +37.9% | 0.6899 GPIA | 0.9517 GPIA |
| 2004 | -27.5% | 0.9681 GPIA | 0.7017 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8059 GPIA | 0.6899 GPIA | 0.9681 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9759 GPIA | 0.9517 GPIA | 0.9946 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 3 |
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 share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Benin?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Benin was 1.06 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6899 GPIA in 2005.
- How does Benin rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Benin ranks 85th out of 188 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. 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 Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release