Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Benin

Benin: Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity was 0.9219 GPI in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
0.9219 GPI
Change on year
down 3.4%
World rank
152nd
of 154 countries
All-time high
1.11 GPI
in 1983
All-time low
0.6447 GPI
in 1980
Years of data
35
1971–2018

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Benin, 1971–2018

00.250.50.7511971199420181971: 0.95 GPI1972: 0.893 GPI1973: 0.674 GPI1975: 1 GPI1976: 0.783 GPI1977: 1 GPI1978: 1.1 GPI1980: 0.645 GPI1982: 0.99 GPI1983: 1.1 GPI1984: 0.85 GPI1985: 0.906 GPI1986: 0.892 GPI1987: 0.885 GPI1988: 0.857 GPI1989: 0.819 GPI1991: 0.953 GPI1992: 0.946 GPI1993: 0.915 GPI1994: 0.854 GPI1995: 0.837 GPI1996: 0.863 GPI1997: 0.922 GPI2000: 0.807 GPI2001: 0.88 GPI2002: 0.887 GPI2003: 0.976 GPI2009: 0.915 GPI2010: 0.908 GPI2011: 0.955 GPI2012: 0.942 GPI2013: 0.964 GPI2014: 0.95 GPI2015: 0.955 GPI2018: 0.922 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2018, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Benin stood at 0.9219 GPI.

That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Benin peaked at 1.11 GPI in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.6447 GPI, in 1980.

Benin ranks 152nd of 154 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Benin, year by year

Annual values for Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI) in Benin, 1971 to 2018.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9503 GPI
1972 0.8931 GPI -6.0%
1973 0.6742 GPI -24.5%
1975 1.01 GPI +50.1%
1976 0.7835 GPI -22.6%
1977 1.04 GPI +32.3%
1978 1.07 GPI +3.0%
1980 0.6447 GPI -39.6%
1982 0.9896 GPI +53.5%
1983 1.11 GPI +12.3%
1984 0.8503 GPI -23.5%
1985 0.906 GPI +6.5%
1986 0.8924 GPI -1.5%
1987 0.8854 GPI -0.8%
1988 0.8572 GPI -3.2%
1989 0.8192 GPI -4.4%
1991 0.9526 GPI +16.3%
1992 0.9461 GPI -0.7%
1993 0.915 GPI -3.3%
1994 0.8542 GPI -6.6%
1995 0.8365 GPI -2.1%
1996 0.8631 GPI +3.2%
1997 0.9222 GPI +6.8%
2000 0.8069 GPI -12.5%
2001 0.8798 GPI +9.0%
2002 0.8866 GPI +0.8%
2003 0.9763 GPI +10.1%
2009 0.9149 GPI -6.3%
2010 0.9082 GPI -0.7%
2011 0.9553 GPI +5.2%
2012 0.9419 GPI -1.4%
2013 0.9636 GPI +2.3%
2014 0.9504 GPI -1.4%
2015 0.9549 GPI +0.5%
2018 0.9219 GPI -3.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.9169 GPI 0.6742 GPI 1.07 GPI 7
1980s 0.884 GPI 0.6447 GPI 1.11 GPI 9
1990s 0.8985 GPI 0.8365 GPI 0.9526 GPI 7
2000s 0.8929 GPI 0.8069 GPI 0.9763 GPI 5
2010s 0.9423 GPI 0.9082 GPI 0.9636 GPI 7

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 149 Libya 0.9308 GPI compare
  2. 150 Yemen 0.9289 GPI compare
  3. 151 Republic of Moldova 0.9271 GPI compare
  4. 153 Iraq 0.9172 GPI compare
  5. 154 Guinea-Bissau 0.831 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Benin?
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in Benin was 0.9219 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPI in 1983.
What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6447 GPI in 1980.
How does Benin rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity?
Benin ranks 152nd out of 154 countries with data for 2018.
Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Benin data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
199 places, 4,879 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Ratio of female survival rate to the last grade of primary education to the male survival rate to the last grade of primary education. 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.