Benin - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Benin was 47.67 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 47.67 in 2018, while its lowest value was 30.55 in 1975.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 30.94
1972 31.33
1973 31.44
1974 30.95
1975 30.55
1976 31.41
1977 31.07
1978 31.81
1979 31.93
1980 33.64
1981 32.04
1982 32.29
1983 32.56
1984 33.18
1985 33.27
1986 33.52
1987 33.62
1988 33.72
1989 33.82
1990 33.91
1991 33.27
1992 33.58
1993 34.05
1994 35.18
1995 35.77
1996 36.45
1997 37.23
1998 38.38
1999 39.28
2000 40.18
2001 40.56
2002 41.26
2003 41.85
2004 42.79
2005 43.55
2006 44.42
2008 45.53
2009 46.03
2010 46.47
2011 46.55
2012 46.89
2013 47.11
2014 47.35
2015 47.50
2016 47.65
2017 47.61
2018 47.67

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation