Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Benin
Benin: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 0.513 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, 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
Benin recorded 0.513 index for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Benin peaked at 0.513 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.262 index, in 1982.
Benin ranks 160th of 164 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.2715 index | 0.262 index | 0.284 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.3194 index | 0.2924 index | 0.3278 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3266 index | 0.3223 index | 0.3299 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4059 index | 0.341 index | 0.4639 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4955 index | 0.4706 index | 0.513 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 upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Benin?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Benin was 0.513 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.513 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.262 index in 1982.
- How does Benin rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Benin ranks 160th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.6%. 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 Upper secondary completion rate, 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 upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.