Education in Benin

149 indicators covering education for Benin.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 62.7% 2021 down 7.2% 149th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 4,658 2024 up 0.6% 24th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2,394 2024 up 10.1% 38th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2,990 2024 up 24.6% 46th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,738 2024 up 23.4% 54th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 143.5% 2018 down 5.0% 8th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 150.2% 2018 down 9.5% 9th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.9% 2100 down 38.3% 54th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 328,500 people 2100 down 36.6% 39th
Population by level of education 6.03 million people 2100 up 15.7% 76th
Repeaters, primary, female 14.8% 2018 up 3.2% 12th
Repeaters, primary, male 15.4% 2018 up 7.8% 20th
School enrollment, secondary, private 20.9% 2022 up 12.1% 62nd
School enrollment, primary 97.2% 2018 up 7.8% 42nd
Trained teachers in primary education 75.1% 2021 up 60.1% 110th
Over-age students, primary 7.9% 2018 down 29.4% 80th
Secondary education, teachers 12.2% 2022 up 14.3% 190th
School enrollment, primary, female 83.6% 2008 up 75.6% 128th
School enrollment, primary, male 96.5% 2008 up 25.2% 40th
Over-age students, primary, male 8.4% 2018 down 29.3% 81st
Over-age students, primary, female 7.3% 2018 down 29.1% 80th
Compulsory education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 177th
Progression to secondary school 83.8% 2015 up 7.3% 137th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 97.2% 2018 up 7.8% 75th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 76.9% 2021 up 62.9% 101st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 74.3% 2021 up 58.8% 99th
Primary education, pupils 47.7% 2018 up 4.7% 170th
Tertiary education, academic staff 20.1% 2018 up 104.0% 149th
Persistence to grade 5, female 63.2% 2021 down 6.1% 136th
Persistence to grade 5, male 62.2% 2021 down 8.1% 134th
Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th
Progression to secondary school, male 82.5% 2015 up 5.7% 131st
Progression to secondary school, female 85.2% 2015 up 9.0% 124th
Expenditure on tertiary education 22.1% 2015 up 4.5% 64th
Literacy rate, youth female 67.9% 2022 up 40.2% 91st
Children out of school, primary 213,285 2022 up 209.6% 37th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 83.6% 2008 up 75.6% 132nd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 96.5% 2008 up 25.2% 63rd
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.91 GPI 2022 up 21.3% 83rd
Literacy rate, youth male 74.6% 2022 up 4.2% 88th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 39.2 2018 down 12.0% 24th
Literacy rate, youth total 71.2% 2022 up 14.6% 86th
Expenditure on secondary education 23.7% 2015 down 27.7% 119th
Expenditure on primary education 49.8% 2015 up 8.4% 18th
Secondary education, pupils 42.4% 2016 up 34.0% 188th
Children out of school, primary, female 136,278 2022 up 44.0% 37th
Children out of school, primary, male 77,007 2022 up 318.4% 50th
Literacy rate, adult total 51.4% 2022 up 15.0% 80th
Literacy rate, adult male 62.6% 2022 up 32.6% 80th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 53.5% 2021 up 91.5% 89th
Trained teachers in secondary education 35.6% 2022 up 77.9% 103rd
Current education expenditure, total 91.7% 2015 up 6.3% 68th
Current education expenditure, primary 91.0% 2015 down 3.1% 84th
Current education expenditure, secondary 94.4% 2015 down 1.8% 63rd
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 49.0% 2021 up 123.0% 89th
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 45.0% 2022 up 102.4% 97th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 34.3% 2022 up 74.0% 96th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 10.99 2016 down 54.1% 137th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 23.97 2018 down 37.5% 44th
Current education expenditure, tertiary 90.0% 2015 up 31.2% 65th