Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Benin

Children out of school in Benin in 2022 — 213,285 people. Ranked 124 in the world out of 146. Since 1984, the indicator has fallen by 44.4%.

2022 213,285 people −18.56% vs 2021
World rank 124of 146
Period maximum 564,677 people1990
Period minimum 57,156 people2016

Trend over time

1984–2022 · people

Children out of school — Benin, 1984–20220200,000400,000600,000198419881992199620002004200820122016202020221984: 383,716 people1985: 389,134 people1986: 416,763 people1988: 453,666 people1989: 468,687 people1990: 564,677 people1992: 524,209 people1993: 503,897 people1994: 509,735 people1995: 498,878 people1996: 490,438 people1997: 467,298 people2003: 277,823 people2004: 244,443 people2005: 304,245 people2006: 275,461 people2008: 228,603 people2009: 146,181 people2010: 125,380 people2011: 113,072 people2012: 68,882 people2013: 66,445 people2014: 62,073 people2016: 57,156 people2017: 137,769 people2018: 198,477 people2019: 294,370 people2020: 314,551 people2021: 261,877 people2022: 213,285 people
Change over the period: −170,431 (−44.42%) Average annual rate: -1.53 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 213,285 people
World computed 34.79M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 19.72M people
Children out of school — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 213,285 −48,592 −18.56%
2021 261,877 −52,674 −16.75%
2020 314,551 +20,181 +6.86%
2019 294,370 +95,893 +48.31%
2018 198,477 +60,708 +44.07%
2017 137,769 +80,613 +141.04%
2016 57,156
2014 62,073 −4,372 −6.58%
2013 66,445 −2,437 −3.54%
2012 68,882 −44,190 −39.08%
2011 113,072 −12,308 −9.82%
2010 125,380 −20,801 −14.23%
2009 146,181 −82,422 −36.05%
2008 228,603
2006 275,461 −28,784 −9.46%
2005 304,245 +59,802 +24.46%
2004 244,443 −33,380 −12.01%
2003 277,823
1997 467,298 −23,140 −4.72%
1996 490,438 −8,440 −1.69%
1995 498,878 −10,857 −2.13%
1994 509,735 +5,838 +1.16%
1993 503,897 −20,312 −3.87%
1992 524,209
1990 564,677 +95,990 +20.48%
1989 468,687 +15,021 +3.31%
1988 453,666
1986 416,763 +27,629 +7.1%
1985 389,134 +5,418 +1.41%
1984 383,716

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.