School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin

Benin: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 0.7502 GPI in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.7502 GPI
Change on year
up 7.0%
World rank
181st
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.7502 GPI
in 2016
All-time low
0.3783 GPI
in 1977
Years of data
19
1971–2016

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Benin, 1971–2016

00.20.40.60.81971199320161971: 0.427 GPI1973: 0.433 GPI1974: 0.441 GPI1975: 0.482 GPI1977: 0.378 GPI1985: 0.411 GPI1986: 0.397 GPI1987: 0.403 GPI1999: 0.459 GPI2000: 0.453 GPI2001: 0.467 GPI2002: 0.467 GPI2003: 0.462 GPI2004: 0.462 GPI2011: 0.623 GPI2013: 0.66 GPI2014: 0.69 GPI2015: 0.701 GPI2016: 0.75 GPI

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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 178 Uganda 0.7785 GPI compare
  2. 179 Liberia 0.7547 GPI compare
  3. 180 Equatorial Guinea 0.7521 GPI compare
  4. 182 Iraq 0.7419 GPI compare
  5. 183 Niger 0.7386 GPI compare
  6. 184 Yemen 0.7227 GPI compare

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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

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 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.