Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Benin

Gross tertiary enrolment in Benin was 10.2% in 2022.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Benin, 2022 10.2% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2021 +0.4percentage points 2021: 9.8%
World, 2022 42.0% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Benin over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period BeninWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 10.2% 42.0%
2021 9.8% 41.1%
2020 10.4% 39.7%
2019 10.4% 38.7%
2018 11.6% 37.9%
2017 11.3% 37.5%
2016 12.0% 37.1%
2015 12.5% 36.6%
2014 14.7% 35.6%
2013 14.8% 33.1%
2012 12.9% 32.3%
2011 11.8% 31.1%
2010 12.6% 29.6%
2009 9.3% 28.3%
2008 7.3% 27.4%
2007 7.4% 26.3%
2006 6.2% 25.7%
2005 5.4% 24.3%
2004 5.5% 23.6%
2003 5.4% 22.8%
2002 4.9% 21.6%
2001 4.2% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 9.8% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 12.9%, the figure has changed by −2.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 42.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2022 for Benin
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics