Benin - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Benin was 30.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 40.25 in 2016, while its lowest value was 2.03 in 1971.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

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

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Year Value
1971 2.03
1972 2.39
1973 3.56
1974 3.08
1975 4.61
1976 4.48
1977 4.90
1978 4.43
1979 5.03
1980 4.94
1981 6.06
1983 8.91
1984 8.08
1990 2.57
2000 9.51
2001 10.51
2002 8.58
2006 17.66
2011 28.50
2013 36.78
2014 34.94
2015 38.34
2016 40.25
2020 30.61

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Benin was 35.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 56.12 in 2013, while its lowest value was 5.52 in 1971.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

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

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Year Value
1971 5.52
1972 6.23
1973 6.42
1974 7.79
1975 8.09
1976 12.54
1977 12.60
1978 12.65
1979 13.81
1980 13.61
1981 18.79
1983 26.94
1984 24.51
1990 10.60
2000 20.83
2001 22.43
2002 27.38
2006 33.18
2011 46.10
2013 56.12
2014 51.21
2015 51.69
2016 51.30
2020 35.33

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Benin was 33.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 46.56 in 2013, while its lowest value was 3.79 in 1971.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

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

See also:

Year Value
1971 3.79
1972 4.31
1973 4.99
1974 5.43
1975 6.34
1976 8.49
1977 8.73
1978 8.52
1979 9.40
1980 9.26
1981 12.40
1983 17.90
1984 16.28
1985 15.71
1986 13.60
1987 9.47
1990 6.57
2000 15.20
2001 16.51
2002 18.04
2006 25.50
2011 37.40
2013 46.56
2014 43.18
2015 45.10
2016 45.85
2020 33.00

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes