School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Benin

Benin: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind was 0.9087 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9087 GPI
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
174th
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9087 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.6247 GPI
in 1999
Years of data
12
1999–2016

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Benin, 1999–2016

00.20.40.60.811999200720161999: 0.625 GPI2000: 0.642 GPI2001: 0.656 GPI2002: 0.673 GPI2003: 0.685 GPI2004: 0.702 GPI2005: 0.734 GPI2011: 0.837 GPI2013: 0.863 GPI2014: 0.879 GPI2015: 0.892 GPI2016: 0.909 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Benin recorded 0.9087 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind 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 ind 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 171 Ethiopia 0.9174 GPI compare
  2. 172 Mozambique 0.9173 GPI compare
  3. 173 Palau 0.9165 GPI compare
  4. 175 Cote d'Ivoire 0.9006 GPI compare
  5. 176 Togo 0.8969 GPI compare
  6. 177 Mali 0.8967 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind in Benin?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind 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 ind 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 ind 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 ind?
Benin ranks 174th out of 188 countries with data for 2016.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity ind 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

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
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.