Education describes the standard of life of people living in a country and the activities of the government and the industry. Better education leads to better life style, also better education means less unemployment and high per capita income. Let's have a look at the level of education in Benin.

• Pre-primary enrolment
• Secondary enrolment
• Tertiary enrolment
• Resources for education
• Literacy rates

Pre-primary enrolment

Primary		1991		1999		2002		2004		2004 Regional average
GER(%)	MF		54		74		91		99		91
	M		71		89		105		111		96
	F		36		59		76		86		85
NER (%)	MF	(2)	41	(3)	50		...		83	(2)	65
	M	(2)	53	(3)	59		...		93	(2)	67
	F	(2)	29	(3)	40		...		72	(2)	63

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Secondary enrolment

Secondary		1991		1999		2002		2004		2004 Regional average
GER(%)	MF	(4)	10		19	(2)	23	(2)	26	(2)	30
	M	(4)	14		26	(2)	31	(2)	34	(2)	33
	F	(4)	6		12	(2)	15	(2)	18	(2)	26
NER (%)	MF		...	(2)	16		...		...	(2)	24
	M		...	(2)	21		...		...	(2)	26
	F		...	(2)	10		...		...	(2)	21

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Tertiary enrolment

Tertiary		1991		1999		2002		2004		2004 Regional average
GER(%)	MF		2		3		...		...	(2)	5
	M		4		4		...		...	(2)	6
	F		1		1		...		...	(2)	4

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Resources for education

Pupil / teacher ratio (primary)	52
Public expenditure on education :
as % of GDP	(2)(6)                 3.3
as % of total government expenditure	...
Distribution of public expenditure per level(%) :
pre-primary	...
primary	...
secondary	...
tertiary	...
unknown

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Literacy rates

Literacy rates		1990		2000-2004		2000-2004 Regional average
Adult (15+)%	MF		26.4	(6)	34.7		62.5
	M		38.1	(6)	47.9		70.9
	F		15.5	(6)	23.3		54.8
Youth(15-24) %	MF		40.4	(6)	45.3		70.5
	M		56.6	(6)	59.2		75.7
	F		24.7	(6)	33.2		65.7