School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9087 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Benin, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.9087 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in 2016. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Benin peaked at 0.9087 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6247 GPI, in 1999.
That places Benin 174th out of 188 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.6247 GPI | — |
| 2000 | 0.6422 GPI | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.6558 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6734 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.6848 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7024 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7338 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8373 GPI | +14.1% |
| 2013 | 0.863 GPI | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.879 GPI | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8922 GPI | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9087 GPI | +1.8% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.9087 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1 GPI, 91% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.9087 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.982 GPI, 93% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6247 GPI | 0.6247 GPI | 0.6247 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6821 GPI | 0.6422 GPI | 0.7338 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.8761 GPI | 0.8373 GPI | 0.9087 GPI | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Benin?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Benin was 0.9087 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9087 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6247 GPI in 1999.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
- Benin ranks 174th out of 188 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. 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, primary and lower secondary, 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.