School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Benin

Benin: School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index was 0.9269 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9269 GPI
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
176th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9344 GPI
in 2018
All-time low
0.4412 GPI
in 1975
Years of data
48
1971–2019

School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Benin, 1971–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Benin stood at 0.9269 GPI.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.9344 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4412 GPI, in 1975.

Benin ranks 176th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.4557 GPI 0.4412 GPI 0.4717 GPI 9
1980s 0.4974 GPI 0.4738 GPI 0.5121 GPI 10
1990s 0.5621 GPI 0.5034 GPI 0.6599 GPI 10
2000s 0.7687 GPI 0.6857 GPI 0.8712 GPI 9
2010s 0.9171 GPI 0.8874 GPI 0.9344 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 173 Brazil 0.9376 GPI compare
  2. 174 Sudan 0.9351 GPI compare
  3. 175 Cape Verde 0.9337 GPI compare
  4. 177 Mozambique 0.9254 GPI compare
  5. 178 Guinea-Bissau 0.9204 GPI compare
  6. 179 Tuvalu 0.9171 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Benin?
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index in Benin was 0.9269 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 0.9344 GPI in 2018.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4412 GPI in 1975.
How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index?
Benin ranks 176th out of 197 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
197 places, 7,121 data points, 1970–2020
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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.