Education in Benin 149 indicators covering education for Benin. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 55.6% 2025 up 3.8% 201st Population ages 0-14 41.3% 2025 down 4.9% 14th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 108.0% 2022 down 8.9% 45th Primary education, teachers 59,742 2022 up 32.7% 78th School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% 2022 down 8.0% 64th School enrollment, primary, male 112.1% 2022 down 9.6% 31st Labor force, total 6.64 million 2025 up 40.5% 74th Labor force, female 49.4% 2025 down 0.3% 17th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9256 GPI 2021 up 3.4% 181st School enrollment, secondary 43.6% 2022 down 4.7% 182nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 10.5 per 1,000 2024 down 5.4% 33rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 9.7 per 1,000 2024 down 4.9% 16th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 6.7 per 1,000 2024 down 17.3% 17th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 11.4 per 1,000 2024 down 21.4% 8th Secondary education, teachers 57,296 2022 down 35.2% 84th School enrollment, secondary, female 40.3% 2022 up 14.5% 182nd School enrollment, secondary, male 46.7% 2022 down 16.5% 179th School enrollment, tertiary 10.2% 2022 down 20.4% 159th School enrollment, primary, private 25.8% 2022 up 57.3% 46th School enrollment, preprimary 23.1% 2021 up 20.8% 166th School enrollment, tertiary, male 12.8% 2022 down 32.6% 145th School enrollment, tertiary, female 7.6% 2022 up 14.9% 161st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.8315 GPI 2021 up 33.4% 180th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.5931 GPI 2022 up 70.4% 172nd Secondary education, teachers, female 6,971 2022 down 26.0% 127th Primary completion rate, female 59.1% 2022 down 4.4% 171st Primary completion rate, male 64.1% 2022 down 14.7% 170th Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2023 down 2.9% 139th Secondary education, general pupils 965,124 2016 up 122.5% 65th Lower secondary completion rate, total 27.9% 2022 down 19.7% 177th School enrollment, preprimary, female 23.4% 2021 up 19.5% 163rd School enrollment, preprimary, male 22.9% 2021 up 22.0% 164th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 54.1% 2021 down 8.7% 164th Government expenditure on education, total 18.0% 2025 up 3.1% 32nd Secondary education, general pupils 42.7% 2016 up 21.8% 192nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 26.6% 2022 up 0.1% 177th Lower secondary completion rate, male 29.1% 2022 down 31.6% 174th Children out of school 9.6% 2022 up 133.9% 52nd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 2.40 million 2022 up 20.7% 63rd Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 929,099 2022 up 28.4% 80th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 54.4% 2021 down 5.9% 149th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 53.9% 2021 down 10.9% 148th Secondary education, vocational pupils 27,875 2016 down 9.8% 99th Number of under-five deaths, male 19,266 2024 down 13.0% 30th Number of under-five deaths, female 16,038 2024 down 13.8% 29th Number of infant deaths, male 12,130 2024 down 12.7% 38th Number of infant deaths, female 9,425 2024 down 13.6% 38th Children out of school, female 12.4% 2022 up 5.4% 47th Children out of school, male 6.8% 2022 up 208.1% 74th Secondary education, vocational pupils 33.8% 2016 down 19.2% 152nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 146.9% 2018 down 7.4% 8th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.6% 2025 down 15.7% 174th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.4% 2025 down 20.1% 177th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.8% 2025 down 12.2% 169th Primary education, teachers 29.6% 2022 up 41.8% 194th Repeaters, primary, total 15.1% 2018 up 5.7% 16th Page 1 of 3 Next →