School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Benin

Benin: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.03 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.03 GPI
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
58th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 2010
All-time low
0.79 GPI
in 1982
Years of data
34
1982–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Benin, 1982–2019

00.250.50.7511982200020191982: 0.79 GPI1983: 0.821 GPI1984: 0.803 GPI1985: 0.795 GPI1986: 0.831 GPI1987: 0.811 GPI1988: 0.836 GPI1989: 0.843 GPI1990: 0.841 GPI1991: 0.846 GPI1992: 0.854 GPI1993: 0.867 GPI1994: 0.899 GPI1995: 0.928 GPI1996: 0.922 GPI1999: 0.959 GPI2000: 0.96 GPI2001: 0.967 GPI2002: 0.969 GPI2003: 0.97 GPI2004: 0.994 GPI2005: 1 GPI2006: 1 GPI2008: 0.995 GPI2009: 1.1 GPI2010: 1.1 GPI2011: 1 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1 GPI2016: 1 GPI2018: 1 GPI2019: 1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Benin recorded 1.03 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Benin peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.79 GPI, in 1982.

Benin ranks 58th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.8163 GPI 0.79 GPI 0.8428 GPI 8
1990s 0.8894 GPI 0.8411 GPI 0.9588 GPI 8
2000s 0.9956 GPI 0.96 GPI 1.05 GPI 9
2010s 1.04 GPI 1.02 GPI 1.05 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 55 French Polynesia 1.03 GPI compare
  2. 56 British Virgin Islands 1.03 GPI compare
  3. 59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.02 GPI compare
  4. 61 Vietnam 1.02 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Benin?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Benin was 1.03 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2010.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 0.79 GPI in 1982.
How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Benin ranks 58th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.