Benin
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
32% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
1,912,136 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
1,866,128 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
26%
Source: UNSDG, 2014
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
86
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
27%
Source: DHS, 2018
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
84%
Source: DHS, 2018
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
6
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
-
Female 20%
-
Male 26%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
-
Female 10%
-
Male 9%
Female: UIS, 2014
Male: UIS, 2014
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 44%
-
Male 51%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 13%
-
Male 25%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 5%
-
Male 12%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 35%
-
Male 28%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school
-
Female 47%
-
Male 36%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school
-
Female 66%
-
Male 50%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Programs Back to Top
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Benin Global Partnership for Education Project
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Benin Second Fiscal Reform and Growth PBG
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Early Years Nutrition and Child Development Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Enough
Network/Convening/Conference
Her Choice
Project/Program
Mapping, Targeting, and Training Benin’s Future Leaders
Project/Program
Mothers' Associations (Associations des Meres d'Eleves or AMEs)
Project/Program
ProJeunes (Preventing Child, Early, and Forced Marriage in Benin)
Network/Convening/Conference
Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)
Project/Program
Support Her Empowerment & Girls' Resilience, Enterprise, and Technology Initiative (SHE's GREAT!)
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Research Project/Report/Study
The Impact of Supplementary Math Courses for Girls in Benin