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Education (all levels) profile - Benin
Sub-Saharan Africa
  General information
  2009
Total population (000)
  8 602
Annual population growth rate (%) ^
  2.9
Population 0-14 years (%)
  44
Rural population (%) ^
  58
Total fertility rate (births per woman) ^
  5.4
Infant mortality rate (0/00) ^
  75
Life expectancy at birth (years) ^
  55
HIV rate (%) in adults (15-49 years) ^
  1.2
Poverty (% of pop. on less than $2 a day) ^
 (2003) 75
GDP per capita (PPP) US$  ^
  1 559
GDP growth rate (%) ^
  3.8
Total debt service as a % of GNI ^
  0.6
Children of primary school-age who are out of school  (%)
 (2010) 6

  Participation in education
Percentages of children in school are represented by Gross Enrolment Ratios (GER) and Net Enrolment Ratios (NER). GER is the number of pupils enrolled in a given level of education regardless of age expressed as a percentage of the population in the theoretical age group for that level of education. NER is the number of pupils in the theoretical age group who are enrolled expressed as a percentage of the same population.
 
Pre-primary enrolment
Pre-primary 1991 1999 2002 2009 2009
Regional average
GER
(%) 		MF
  3
  4
 (**) 5
  14
  18
M
  3
  5
 (**) 5
  14
  18
F
  3
  4
 (**) 5
  14
  17
14% of children are enrolled in pre-primary school
Primary enrolment
Primary 1991 1999 2002 2009 2009
Regional average
 GER
(%) 		MF
  60
  83
  101
  124
  101
M
  82
  102
  119
  134
  106
F
  40
  65
  82
  114
  97
  NER 
(%) 		 MF
  ...
  ...
  ...
  ...
 (**) 76
M
  ...
  ...
  ...
  ...
 (**) 78
F
  ...
  ...
  ...
  ...
 (**) 74

Secondary enrolment
Secondary 1991 1999 2002 2009 2009
Regional average
GER
(%) 		MF
  ...
  22
 (**) 27
  ...
  36
M
  ...
  31
 (**) 37
  ...
  40
F
  ...
  14
 (**) 17
  ...
  32
NER
(%) 		 MF
  ...
 (**) 18
  ...
  ...
  ...
M
  ...
 (**) 26
  ...
  ...
  ...
F
  ...
 (**) 12
  ...
  ...
  ...
Tertiary enrolment
Tertiary 1991 1999 2002 2009 2009
Regional average
GER
(%) 		 MF
  3
  3
  6
  ...
 (**) 6
M
  5
 (**) 6
  ...
  ...
 (**) 8
F
  1
 (**) 1
  ...
  ...
 (**) 5

  Progression and completion in education
 2009
School life expectancy ISCED 1-6 (years)
 (**,2005) 9.4
Percentage of repeaters, primary (%)
 (**) 14
Survival rate to grade 5 (%)
  60
Gross intake rate to last grade of primary (%)
 (**) 63
Primary to secondary transition rate (%)
 (2005) 71
63% of children complete a full course of primary

  Resources for education
 2009
Pupil / teacher ratio (primary)
  45
Public expenditure on education :
     as % of GDP
  4.5
     as % of total government expenditure
  18.2
Distribution of public expenditure per level (%) - 2009 :
     pre-primary
  1
     primary
  59
     secondary
  23
     tertiary
  17
     unknown
  ...
18.2% of government spending goes to education

 Literacy rates
Literacy rates 1992 2009 2009
Regional average
  Adult
(15+)
% 		MF
  27.2
 (**) 41.7
  61.9
M
  39.9
 (**) 54.2
  70.7
F
  16.6
 (**) 29.1
  53.4
  Youth 
(15-24)
% 		 MF
  39.9
 (**) 54.3
  71.2
M
  55.1
 (**) 64.9
  76.0
F
  26.7
 (**) 43.4
  66.4
41.7% of adults and 54.3% of youth are literate
Symbols used:
Footnotes:
All the education statistics, with the exception of the literacy data, refer to the year 2009 unless otherwise noted. For more information on rates of out of school children, or other indicators see the online education glossary.
** UIS estimation
* National Estimation
^ World Bank World Development Indicators