Benin | Primary education, pupils (% female)

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source
Benin | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 30.94264
1972 31.33119
1973 31.44488
1974 30.94531
1975 30.55173
1976 31.40796
1977 31.07093
1978 31.81462
1979 31.93027
1980 33.63584
1981 32.0444
1982 32.28988
1983 32.55742
1984 33.18251
1985 33.2727
1986 33.51968
1987 33.62222
1988 33.72204
1989 33.81504
1990 33.9088
1991 33.26634
1992 33.58426
1993 34.04515
1994 35.17505
1995 35.76604
1996 36.45392
1997 37.23453
1998 38.37563
1999 39.27864
2000 40.17722
2001 40.55876
2002 41.26074
2003 41.853
2004 42.78876
2005 43.55402
2006 44.42033
2007
2008 45.52908
2009 46.02964
2010 46.46604
2011 46.55091
2012 46.8943
2013 47.10806
2014 47.34518
2015 47.49697
2016 47.65223
2017 47.61252
2018 47.67029
2019
2020
2021
2022

Benin | Primary education, pupils (% female)

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source