Lower secondary completion in Benin

In Benin, 28.7% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest since 2011.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2001 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Benin, 2022 28.7% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2021 +3.3percentage points 2021: 25.4%

Lower secondary completion in Benin over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2022
Period Benin
2022 28.7%
2021 25.4%
2019 25.6%
2017 21.4%
2014 27.6%
2013 28.3%
2011 30.1%
2006 21.3%
2001 11.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.3 percentage points from 25.4% in 2021.
  • Since 2001, when it was 11.1%, the figure has changed by +17.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2022 for Benin
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org