Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Benin
Benin: Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index was 0.929 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Benin, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Benin stood at 0.929 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.929 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.5079 index, in 1992.
That places Benin 160th out of 165 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5533 index | 0.5243 index | 0.5763 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5235 index | 0.5079 index | 0.5624 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6665 index | 0.5777 index | 0.7805 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8588 index | 0.8049 index | 0.8953 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9145 index | 0.9006 index | 0.929 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Benin
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 229,200 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 237,041 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 223,456 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 230,273 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 219,192 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 225,605 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 214,836 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 220,927 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 210,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 216,548 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Benin?
- Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index in Benin was 0.929 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.929 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5079 index in 1992.
- How does Benin rank for primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 160th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal primary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.