Benin: Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.99 percentage points in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.25 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Benin had the 4th highest value of the 75 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Benin in the 2018 ranking

• Madagascar — 1st of 75: 24.84%
• Burundi — 2nd of 75: 24.33%
• Comoros — 4th of 75: 14.46%
• Suriname — 5th of 75: 13.57%
• Namibia — 6th of 75: 12.84%

What this measures

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.

Limitations: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 43 values

Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment) in nearby economies

• Burkina Faso — 5.63% (2018)
• Burundi — 24.33% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 5.51% (2018)
• Cameroon — 11.92% (2018)
• Central African Republic — 22.85% (2016)
• Chad — 17.2% (2016)
• Comoros — 14.46% (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.98% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 10.82% (2017)
• Eritrea

More education data for Benin

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 2.4 million (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 108.04% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 103.91% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 112.06% (2022)
• Primary education, teachers — 59,742 (2022)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 10.24% (2022)

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Questions people ask

What is Benin's repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)?

14.79% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 4.94 percentage points from 19.73% in 1971. The highest value was 29.98% in 1984 and the lowest 9.57% in 2016.

How does Benin rank?

4th highest of 75 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.REPT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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