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Human development index — Benin

Human development index in Benin in 2023 — 0.515 index. Ranked 173 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 46.7%.

2023 0.515 index +0.59% vs 2022
World rank 173of 193
Period maximum 0.515 index2023
Period minimum 0.351 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Benin, 1990–20230.350.40.450.50.551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.351 index1991: 0.358 index1992: 0.363 index1993: 0.371 index1994: 0.375 index1995: 0.383 index1996: 0.389 index1997: 0.396 index1998: 0.401 index1999: 0.407 index2000: 0.415 index2001: 0.426 index2002: 0.435 index2003: 0.442 index2004: 0.449 index2005: 0.456 index2006: 0.462 index2007: 0.469 index2008: 0.475 index2009: 0.48 index2010: 0.485 index2011: 0.49 index2012: 0.497 index2013: 0.506 index2014: 0.509 index2015: 0.511 index2016: 0.51 index2017: 0.507 index2018: 0.507 index2019: 0.507 index2020: 0.504 index2021: 0.506 index2022: 0.512 index2023: 0.515 index
Change over the period: +0.164 (+46.72%) Average annual rate: 1.17 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 0.515 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Western Africa computed 0.539 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.515 +0.003 +0.59%
2022 0.512 +0.006 +1.19%
2021 0.506 +0.002 +0.4%
2020 0.504 −0.003 −0.59%
2019 0.507 +0 +0%
2018 0.507 +0 +0%
2017 0.507 −0.003 −0.59%
2016 0.51 −0.001 −0.2%
2015 0.511 +0.002 +0.39%
2014 0.509 +0.003 +0.59%
2013 0.506 +0.009 +1.81%
2012 0.497 +0.007 +1.43%
2011 0.49 +0.005 +1.03%
2010 0.485 +0.005 +1.04%
2009 0.48 +0.005 +1.05%
2008 0.475 +0.006 +1.28%
2007 0.469 +0.007 +1.52%
2006 0.462 +0.006 +1.32%
2005 0.456 +0.007 +1.56%
2004 0.449 +0.007 +1.58%
2003 0.442 +0.007 +1.61%
2002 0.435 +0.009 +2.11%
2001 0.426 +0.011 +2.65%
2000 0.415 +0.008 +1.97%
1999 0.407 +0.006 +1.5%
1998 0.401 +0.005 +1.26%
1997 0.396 +0.007 +1.8%
1996 0.389 +0.006 +1.57%
1995 0.383 +0.008 +2.13%
1994 0.375 +0.004 +1.08%
1993 0.371 +0.008 +2.2%
1992 0.363 +0.005 +1.4%
1991 0.358 +0.007 +1.99%
1990 0.351 — —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 0.668 GH Ghana 0.628 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.582 TG Togo 0.571 MR Mauritania 0.563 NG Nigeria 0.56 SN Senegal 0.53 GM Gambia 0.524 BJ Benin 0.515 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.514 LR Liberia 0.51 GN Guinea 0.5 SL Sierra Leone 0.467 BF Burkina Faso 0.459 ML Mali 0.419 NE Niger 0.419
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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