Benin - Ratio of young literate females to males
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI) in Benin was 0.745 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 0.745 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.399 in 1979.
Definition: Gender parity index for youth literacy rate is the ratio of females to males ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 0.399 |
| 1992 | 0.484 |
| 2002 | 0.561 |
| 2006 | 0.561 |
| 2012 | 0.640 |
| 2018 | 0.745 |
Classification
Topic: Education Indicators
Sub-Topic: Outcomes
