Country
Benin
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- ISO code
- BJ · BEN
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 14.8M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 4,116 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 61.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.5 t CO₂
Population
- Population 14.8M 2025 75th of 214
- Population density 128 people/km² 2024 84th of 212
- Population growth 2.40 % per year 2025 27th of 214
- Natural increase 25.1 per 1,000 people 2023 20th of 228
- Net migration -0.5 per 1,000 people 2025 121st of 214
- Fertility rate 4.48 births per woman 2024 14th of 214
- Urban population 53.4 % 2025 145th of 214
- Median age 17.8 years 2023 210th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.2 % 2025 187th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.7 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 182nd of 214
- Children under 15 41.3 % 2025 14th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 61.0 years 2024 206th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 62.4 years 2024 205th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 59.5 years 2024 206th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 2.9 years 2024 200th of 214
- Infant mortality 45.2 per 1,000 births 2024 17th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 74.7 per 1,000 births 2024 12th of 195
- Maternal mortality 518 per 100,000 births 2023 8th of 193
- Health spending per person 47 USD 2023 173rd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 138 $ (PPP) 2023 171st of 191
- Physicians 0.22 per 1,000 people 2023 147th of 179
- Hospital beds 0.4 per 1,000 people 2021 143rd of 150
- Measles immunization 44 % 2024 187th of 191
- Undernourishment 11.1 % 2024 49th of 165
- Tobacco use 7.4 % 2024 151st of 165
- Calorie supply 2,703 kcal per day 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Meat supply 17.3 kg per person per year 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
Economy
- GDP 24.6B USD 2025 122nd of 185
- GDP per capita 1,658 USD 2025 156th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 4,116 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 154th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,477 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 139th of 165
- GDP growth 8.1 % 2025 9th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 5.5 % 2025 20th of 185
- Inflation 1.1 % 2025 132nd of 169
- Unemployment 1.6 % 2025 169th of 181
- Youth unemployment 2.9 % 2025 171st of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 14.2 % 2022 96th of 150
- Trade 41 % of GDP 2024 150th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 34.4 2021 76th of 151
- Extreme poverty 27.2 % 2021 28th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 24.2 % of GDP 2024 20th of 187
- Women in the labour force 75.2 % 2025 10th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.515 2023 172nd of 192
- Literacy rate 51.4 % 2022 112th of 122
- Education spending 3.1 % of GDP 2022 115th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 44 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 10 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 62 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 26.6 % 2025 90th of 183
- Homicide rate 1.1 per 100,000 people 2017 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 7.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 126th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.5 t CO₂ 2024 163rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.42 t CO₂ 2024 182nd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 141st of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.2 t CO₂e 2024 175th of 201
- Forest area 28.1 % of land 2024 113th of 208
- Water stress 1 % 2022 162nd of 176
- Arable land 32.3 % of land 2024 24th of 205
- Renewable energy 54.5 % of final energy 2021 42nd of 210
- Renewable electricity 4.0 % of electricity 2024 169th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 4.0 % of electricity 2024 91st of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 579 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 58th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 70 kWh 2024 182nd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 39.7 µg/m³ 2023 24th of 199
Benin on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldFrench · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldWest African CFA franc (XOF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+1Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Castles map1 castleSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)