Benin - Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Benin was 65.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 86.04 in 2015, while its lowest value was 26.12 in 1990.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

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

See also:

Year Value
1971 26.44
1972 30.65
1973 31.23
1974 29.85
1975 37.38
1976 35.90
1977 35.42
1978 37.80
1979 38.99
1980 40.20
1981 43.84
1982 45.77
1983 52.56
1984 41.27
1985 47.30
1986 43.07
1987 41.56
1988 37.87
1989 37.32
1990 26.12
1991 29.07
1992 29.67
1993 32.60
1994 35.08
1995 40.89
1996 44.24
1997 47.30
1998 50.81
2000 49.37
2001 54.07
2002 56.63
2003 60.79
2004 63.06
2008 73.59
2010 75.01
2011 79.10
2012 80.35
2013 85.48
2014 85.20
2015 86.04
2016 85.33
2019 67.63
2020 65.31

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

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: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education 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. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. 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: Outcomes