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Examines the current status of education in 120 low- and middle-income countries.
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Country Africa (Sub-Saharan)

Benin

SDG Score 57
Policy Score 55
Avg. Score 56

Home to 641,000 out-of-school girls who represent 31% of all school aged girls nationally.

SDG Score

Total: 56.78

Available Indicators: 20/22

Pre-primary Indicators
Indicator	Value
Proportion of girls enrolled in pre-primary school	84%
Proportion of girls enrolled in pre-primary relative to boys (parity)	106/100

Out-of-school rates Indicators
Indicator	Value
Out-of-school rate for girls of primary school age	10%
Out-of-school rate for girls of lower secondary school age	46%
Out-of-school rate for girls of upper secondary school age	70%

Completion rates Indicators
Indicator	Value
Proportion of girls completing primary school relative to boys	88/100
Proportion of girls completing primary school	59%
Proportion of girls completing lower secondary school relative to boys	67/100
Proportion of girls completing lower secondary school	25%
Proportion of girls completing upper secondary school relative to boys	49/100
Proportion of girls completing upper secondary school	9%

Teachers Indicators
Indicator	Value
Proportion of qualified female teachers in pre-primary education	49%
Proportion of qualified female teachers in primary education	77%
Proportion of qualified female teachers in lower-secondary education	No Data
Proportion of qualified female teachers in upper-secondary education	No Data

Expenditure Indicators
Indicator	Value
Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP	3%
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure	18%

Learning-adjusted years of schooling Indicators
Indicator	Value
Learning-adjusted years of school	5.42

Climate education Indicators
Indicator	Value
Climate change education ambition scores	0.58

Inequality Indicators
Indicator	Value
Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing primary school to the number of richest girls	25:100
Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing lower secondary school to the number of richest girls	8:100
Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing primary school to the number of richest girls	2:100

Policy Score

Total: 55.06

Available Indicators: 17/32

Financial barriers Indicators
Indicator	Value
Is primary education tuition free?	Legislative or constitutional guarantee
Is beginning secondary education tuition-free?	Subject to progressive realization
Is completing secondary education tuition-free?	Subject to progressive realization
Are parents incentivized to send their daughters to school (cash transfers)?	No Data
What is the perceived reach of these cash transfers?	No Data
What is the coverage of school feeding programmes?	21.08

Sexual & reproductive health rights Indicators
Indicator	Value
Is child marriage banned?	Ban with legal exceptions regarding consent and/or some groups of girls
When loophole exceptions are taken into account, what is the minimum age of marriage for girls?	18 years old or older
To what extent do laws and regulations guarantee full and equal access to contraceptive services?	No Data
To what extent do laws and regulations guarantee the provision of comprehensive sexuality education?	100
Is the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls legally protected?	No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls
What is the coverage of separate toilets and sanitation facilities for girls?	No Data

Child safety and non-discrimination in education Indicators
Indicator	Value
Party to the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education?	Ratified
Party to UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?	Ratified without reservation(s)
Is there a national program to reduce violence by school staff in place?	No Data
Is there a ban on corporal punishment?	No Data
What is the perceived reach of the ban on corporal punishment?	No Data
Is there a National Action Plan to reduce violence in schools?	No Data
To what extent is the National Action Plan to reduce violence in schools funded?	No Data

Labour market opportunities Indicators
Indicator	Value
Does the law mandate nondiscrimination based on gender in employment?	Yes
Does the law mandate equal remuneration for work of equal value?	Yes
Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of gender?	Guarantees equal pay for work of equal value based on gender
Does the law prohibit discrimination by creditors on the basis of sex or gender?	No
Is sexual harassment of women explicitly prohibited in the workplace?	Legislative language extends protection to both women and men

Role models Indicators
Indicator	Value
Proportion of female primary teachers	28.93
Proportion of female lower secondary teachers	No Data
Proportion of female upper secondary teachers	0.22
Proportion female public sector workers	No Data
Are there voluntary party quotas for female parliamentarians?	No Data
Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) in the lower house?	No Data
Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) in the upper house?	No Data
Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) at the subnational level?	No Data

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