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Tertiary education enrollment — Benin

Tertiary education enrollment in Benin in 2022 — 10.2%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 126. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 10.1 pp.

2022 10.2% +0.4 pp vs 2021
World rank 119of 126
Period maximum 14.8%2013
Period minimum 0.1%1971

Trend over time

1971–2022 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Benin, 1971–202205101519711977198319891995200120072013201920221971: 0.1%1972: 0.2%1973: 0.4%1974: 0.7%1975: 0.7%1976: 0.7%1977: 0.9%1978: 1%1979: 0.9%1980: 1%1981: 1.3%1982: 1.6%1983: 1.7%1984: 1.8%1985: 1.8%1986: 2.2%1987: 2.1%1988: 2%1989: 2.2%1990: 2%1991: 2.3%1992: 2.1%1993: 1.9%1994: 1.9%1995: 2%1996: 2%1997: 2.4%1999: 3.1%2000: 3.5%2001: 4.2%2002: 4.9%2003: 5.4%2004: 5.5%2005: 5.4%2006: 6.2%2007: 7.4%2008: 7.3%2009: 9.3%2010: 12.6%2011: 11.8%2012: 12.9%2013: 14.8%2014: 14.7%2015: 12.5%2016: 12%2017: 11.3%2018: 11.6%2019: 10.4%2020: 10.4%2021: 9.8%2022: 10.2%
Change over the period: +10.1 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Benin 10.2%
World 42%
Tertiary education enrollment — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 10.2 +0.4 pp
2021 9.8 −0.6 pp
2020 10.4 −0 pp
2019 10.4 −1.2 pp
2018 11.6 +0.2 pp
2017 11.3 −0.6 pp
2016 12 −0.5 pp
2015 12.5 −2.2 pp
2014 14.7 −0.1 pp
2013 14.8 +1.9 pp
2012 12.9 +1.1 pp
2011 11.8 −0.8 pp
2010 12.6 +3.3 pp
2009 9.3 +2 pp
2008 7.3 −0.1 pp
2007 7.4 +1.2 pp
2006 6.2 +0.8 pp
2005 5.4 −0.1 pp
2004 5.5 +0 pp
2003 5.4 +0.5 pp
2002 4.9 +0.7 pp
2001 4.2 +0.7 pp
2000 3.5 +0.4 pp
1999 3.1 —
1997 2.4 +0.4 pp
1996 2 +0 pp
1995 2 +0.1 pp
1994 1.9 −0 pp
1993 1.9 −0.2 pp
1992 2.1 −0.1 pp
1991 2.3 +0.3 pp
1990 2 −0.2 pp
1989 2.2 +0.1 pp
1988 2 −0.1 pp
1987 2.1 −0.1 pp
1986 2.2 +0.4 pp
1985 1.8 +0.1 pp
1984 1.8 +0.1 pp
1983 1.7 +0.1 pp
1982 1.6 +0.2 pp
1981 1.3 +0.4 pp
1980 1 +0.1 pp
1979 0.9 −0.1 pp
1978 1 +0.1 pp
1977 0.9 +0.2 pp
1976 0.7 +0.1 pp
1975 0.7 −0 pp
1974 0.7 +0.3 pp
1973 0.4 +0.2 pp
1972 0.2 +0.1 pp
1971 0.1 —

Western Africa, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GH Ghana 20.4 SN Senegal 15.6 CI Côte d'Ivoire 11.1 BJ Benin 10.2 BF Burkina Faso 9.7
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About the indicator

The gross tertiary enrollment ratio — the number of students at universities and colleges (ISCED 5–8) as a percentage of the population in the five-year age interval that follows the end of school. It can exceed 100% because of older students and students from abroad, so in countries that act as magnets for international students the indicator is overstated.

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

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