School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin
Benin: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7502 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin, 1971–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.7502 GPI for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in 2016. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 62.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.7502 GPI in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3783 GPI, in 1977.
Benin ranks 181st of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4269 GPI | — |
| 1973 | 0.4332 GPI | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.441 GPI | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.4823 GPI | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3783 GPI | -21.6% |
| 1985 | 0.4109 GPI | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3972 GPI | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 0.4027 GPI | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4587 GPI | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4529 GPI | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4672 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4673 GPI | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4616 GPI | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.4621 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.6235 GPI | +34.9% |
| 2013 | 0.66 GPI | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6897 GPI | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7014 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7502 GPI | +7.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.7502 GPI is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.9975 GPI, 75% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.7502 GPI is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9023 GPI, 83% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +34.9% | 0.4621 GPI | 0.6235 GPI |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4323 GPI | 0.3783 GPI | 0.4823 GPI | 5 |
| 1980s | 0.4036 GPI | 0.3972 GPI | 0.4109 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.4587 GPI | 0.4587 GPI | 0.4587 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4622 GPI | 0.4529 GPI | 0.4673 GPI | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.685 GPI | 0.6235 GPI | 0.7502 GPI | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin?
- School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin was 0.7502 GPI in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7502 GPI in 2016.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3783 GPI in 1977.
- How does Benin rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 181st out of 195 countries with data for 2016.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.4%. 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, 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.