🇧🇯Benin: All Indicators

Arable land (% of land area) 2023 31.45 Arable land (hectares per person) 2023 0.25 Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 1.14 Rural land area (sq. km) 2015 113,691.06 Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.92 Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 2015 1,070.04 Surface area (sq. km) 2023 114,760.00 Urban land area (sq. km) 2015 2,005.91 Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.21 Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 2015 247.00

Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth) 2021 5.53 Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) 2021 2.14 Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) 2021 10.58 Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) 2021 2.93 Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI) 2021 0.00 Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI) 2021 0.00 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) 2024 24.23 Coal rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) 2024 18.84 Forest rents (% of GDP) 2021 2.30 GDP (constant 2015 US$) 2024 19.16B GDP (current US$) 2024 21.48B GDP growth (annual %) 2024 7.45 GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) 2024 1,324.78 GDP per capita (current US$) 2024 1,485.38 GDP per capita growth (annual %) 2024 4.84 GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) 2024 3,901.33 GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 2024 4,434.56 GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) 2024 56.42B GDP, PPP (current international $) 2024 64.14B GNI (current US$) 2024 21.26B GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) 2024 1,430.00 GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) 2024 4,390.00 GNI, Atlas method (current US$) 2024 20.62B GNI, PPP (current international $) 2024 63.46B Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) 2024 21.80 Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) 2024 17.38 Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) 2024 1.57 Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 2024 1.16 Mineral rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Natural gas rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Oil rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Services, value added (% of GDP) 2024 48.88 Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) 2021 2.30 Trade (% of GDP) 2024 40.64

Compulsory education, duration (years) 2025 6.00 Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) 2023 3.23 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) 2022 51.38 Preprimary education, duration (years) 2025 2.00 Primary education, duration (years) 2025 6.00 School enrollment, primary (% gross) 2022 108.04 School enrollment, secondary (% gross) 2022 43.56 Secondary education, duration (years) 2025 7.00

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) 2023 6.00 Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) 2023 2.10 Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) 2023 9.80 Access to electricity (% of population) 2023 57.00 Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) 2023 43.70 Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) 2023 70.30 Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) 2023 114.66 Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) 2021 0.25 Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) 2021 2.83M Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) 2021 0.26

Bird species, threatened 2022 14.00 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 1,668.21 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 7.05 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2024 0.49 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.23 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.01 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.59 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.28 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.53 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 4.40 Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 2023 -3.96 Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 2024 0.37 Fish species, threatened 2022 73.00 Mammal species, threatened 2022 16.00 Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 187.54 Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 7.64 Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2024 3.77 Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.71 Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.72 Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.04 Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.41 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 171.71 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 2.13 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.63 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.08 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.02 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.18 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.05 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.16 PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 2020 51.05 PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 2017 100.00 Plant species (higher), threatened 2022 17.00 Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 2023 125.14 Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 7.25 Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 1.25 Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 2025 28.80 Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 2025 36.10 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 362.82 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 17.77 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2024 1.23 Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 6.00

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 2024 76.41 Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 2024 80.74 Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 2024 5.64 Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 2024 75.10 Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 2024 3,725.00 Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 2024 33.42 Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 2021 53.36 Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 2021 9.27 Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 2021 36.23 Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 2021 1.13 Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 2023 3.34 Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 2024 8.71 Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 2024 8.10 Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 2024 4.48 Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2021 0.43 Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 2024 63.00 Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 2024 63.00 Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 2024 44.00 International migrant stock (% of population) 2024 2.90 International migrant stock, total 2024 418,202.00 Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 2024 62.42 Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 2024 59.52 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 2024 60.96 Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 2023 2.27 Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 2023 44.00 Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 2023 518.00 Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 2019 26.80 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 2021 20.80 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 2021 19.00 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 2021 22.70 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 2019 201.80 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 2019 180.50 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 2019 227.50 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 2021 1.08 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 2021 0.71 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 2021 1.46 Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 2019 60.20 Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 2024 242.36 Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 2024 287.55 Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 2024 45.20 Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2024 40.20 Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 2024 49.80 Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2024 27.20 Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 2024 74.70 Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 2024 69.30 Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 2024 79.90 Net migration 2025 -7,847.00 Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2024 2,394.00 Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2024 2,990.00 Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2024 2,738.00 Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2024 4,658.00 Number of infant deaths 2024 21,555.00 Number of maternal deaths 2023 2,500.00 Number of neonatal deaths 2024 13,130.00 Number of under-five deaths 2024 35,304.00 People practicing open defecation (% of population) 2024 47.04 People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 2024 69.59 People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 2024 22.25 Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2023 0.22 Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 2024 41.55 Population ages 0-14, female 2024 2.96M Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 2024 41.11 Population ages 0-14, male 2024 3.05M Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 2024 41.99 Population ages 0-14, total 2024 6.01M Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 2024 55.33 Population ages 15-64, female 2024 4.00M Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 2024 55.45 Population ages 15-64, male 2024 4.00M Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 2024 55.21 Population ages 15-64, total 2024 8.00M Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 2024 3.12 Population ages 65 and above, female 2024 248,033.00 Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 2024 3.44 Population ages 65 and above, male 2024 202,935.00 Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 2024 2.80 Population ages 65 and above, total 2024 450,969.00 Population growth (annual %) 2024 2.46 Population, female 2024 7.21M Population, female (% of total population) 2024 49.85 Population, male 2024 7.25M Population, male (% of total population) 2024 50.15 Population, total 2024 14.46M Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 2019 71.00 Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 2023 49.00 Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 2023 60.20 Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 2023 50.00 Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 2024 6.70 Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 2024 9.70 Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 2024 11.40 Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 2024 10.50 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2025 26.61 Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 2024 1,064.00 Rural population 2024 6.86M Rural population (% of total population) 2024 47.45 Rural population growth (annual %) 2024 0.79 Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 2024 1.04 Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 2021 7.12 Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 2021 3.09 Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 2021 11.14 Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 2024 61.78 Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 2024 56.11 Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 2020 8.83 Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 2020 3.46 Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 2020 14.27 UHC service coverage index 2023 38.00 Urban population 2024 7.60M Urban population (% of total population) 2024 52.55 Urban population growth (annual %) 2024 4.00

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 40.24 Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 33.56 Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 46.79 Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 75.16 Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 77.56 Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 1.59

Gini index 2021 34.40 Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) 2021 36.20

Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2024 0.72

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) 2024 33.98 Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) 2024 125.94 Scientific and technical journal articles 2022 413.69 Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) 2024 20.40

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 2024 2.53 Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) 2024 543.01M High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) 2024 30.54 Merchandise exports (current US$) 2024 3.77B Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) 2023 1.05B Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.00 Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 7.86 Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 11.55 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 8.55 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.96 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.03 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 2.65 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 59.86 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 16.40 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 72.05 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 16.40 Merchandise imports (current US$) 2024 5.23B Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) 2023 3.91B Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.00 Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 9.37 Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 41.44 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 18.24 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 2.00 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 1.17 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 4.44 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 17.53 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 15.17 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 43.38 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 15.17 Merchandise trade (% of GDP) 2024 41.90 Net ODA received (% of GNI) 2023 5.32 Personal remittances, paid (current US$) 2024 0.00 Real interest rate (%) 2021 4.56