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Benin — statistics

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314 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Western Africa Income group: Lower middle income ISO: BEN
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 14.81M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 61 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 4.48 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 33.4 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 8.7 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.4 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 53.4 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 7.91M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 46.6 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 125.1 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.2 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 41.3 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 79.9 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -7,847 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 49.84 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 7.43M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 7.38M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 6.11M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 8.23M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 467,108 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 59.52 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 62.42 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 76.4 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 22.4 2022 UN DESA
Rural population people 6.91M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 418,202 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 2.9 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 16,232 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 1,064 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 112.2 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 48.4 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 40 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 0.7 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 70,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.12 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 1,300 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 5,800 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 760 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 9,946 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 85.77 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 20.8 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 45.2 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 74.7 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 518 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 7.1 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 36.2 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 53.4 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 9.3 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 26.8 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 3,225 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 201.8 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 60.2 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.08 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 55.7 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 287.5 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 242.4 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 24.57B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 1,658 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 8.07 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 71.36B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 4,817 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 1,600 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 1.1 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 1.55 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 17.5 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 10.2 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 22.9 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 50.1 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 58.3 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 8.9 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 35.8 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 41.6 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 6 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 6,545 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 2 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 20.71B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,398 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 5.51 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.041 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 24.29B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 4.3B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 2.49B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 5.63B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 12.3B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 14.33B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 2.18B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 8.8B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 30.3 2023 World Bank
Consumer price index index 123.58 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 2 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 2,335 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 70.55B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 200.337 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 50.3 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 10.79 1979 World Bank
Government revenue % 12.93 1979 World Bank
Budget balance % -2.9 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 14.16B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 543M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 60.28M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 2.53 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.69 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 5,522 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 2.91M 2024 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,356 2024 FAO
Food production index index 126.3 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 140.9 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 41.83 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 31.45 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.2513 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 33.2 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 1.14 2019 FAO
Agricultural land km² 47,168 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 3.55M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 2.14M 2024 FAO
Crop production index index 128.1 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 26.47 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 29,852 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 28.8 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 1.26 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 39.7 2023 WHO
Land area km² 112,760 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 114,760 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 10 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 749 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 64 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 7.25 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 54.5 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.107 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 7.4 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 899 2016 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 10 2016 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0 2016 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 510,896 2019 UNCTAD
Rail lines km 758 2006 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 66 2003 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 36 2006 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.9 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 33.98 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 125.9 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.28 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.01 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 20 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 3.04 2023 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 14.02M 2023 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 18.21M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 40,117 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 1.13 2017 World Bank
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 144 2024 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 280 2024 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 77 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.515 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.866 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.573 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 45 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.4 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Western Africa