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Benin

Official language: French
Currency: CFA Franc
Capital City: Porto-Novo
Area: 114763km²
Subregional membership(s): West Africa, Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), Least developed countires, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) , UEMAO, Franc Zone

13712.8K

₂₀₂₃

Mid-year population

9.2B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

Under five mortality rate

114.2

₂₀₂₀

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Annual rate of change of the migrant stock (%)		3.39					1.47
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	2.78	2.77	2.76	2.74	2.73	2.70	2.68	2.66
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	3.67	3.55	3.55	3.55
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	61.8	62.1	62.4	62.7	63.0	63.3	63.7	64.0
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	58.9	59.1	59.4	59.6	59.9	60.2	60.5	60.8
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	60.3	60.6	60.9	61.2	61.5	61.8	62.1	62.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)		10.62		10.45
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)		5.48		5.31
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)		6.01		5.84
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)		8.74		8.57
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)		10.38		10.64
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)		10.39		10.62
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)		9.71		9.65
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)		8.60		8.46
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)		6.97		7.08
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)		7.22		6.94
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)		5.24		5.38
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)		3.84		3.95
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)		2.62		2.77
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)		4.17		4.34
Population - Female (%)	50.20	50.17	50.14	50.12	50.10	50.08	50.06
Population - Female (thousands)	5,313	5,470	5,631	5,797	5,966	6,138	6,312	6,487	6,664	6,842
Population - Male (%)	49.80	49.83	49.86	49.88	49.90	49.92	49.94
Population - Male (thousands)	5,301	5,463	5,629	5,800	5,975	6,152	6,331	6,510	6,689	6,871
Population - Total (thousands)	10,615	10,933	11,260	11,597	11,941	12,290	12,643	12,997	13,353	13,713
Population - Urban (%)	45.20	45.70	46.20	46.80	47.30	47.90	48.40
Population - Urban (%)	45.20	45.70	46.20	46.80
Population - Urban (thousands)	4,646	4,833	5,026	5,227
Total fertility rate (per woman)	5.1	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.6

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Health Organization

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	84.00
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)	8.10	7.50
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	20.00	20.00

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)		27.29			22.45
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)		49.87			47.71
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)		38.45			34.88
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	124.43	127.61	126.54	122.34	117.96	112.40	109.67
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	134.62	137.19	135.15	130.84	125.85	120.90	118.50
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	129.60	132.47	130.90	126.65	121.96	116.71	114.15
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	45.81	48.93	50.73				42.44
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	66.42	68.52	67.14				52.44
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	56.24	58.85	59.04				47.50
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)	8.51	7.75	7.64
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)	23.30	19.27	18.16
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)	15.95	13.55	12.95
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)	59.85
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)	69.80
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)	67.54	71.11	67.59	39.82
Literacy rate - Female (%)					31.07
Literacy rate - Male (%)					53.98
Literacy rate - Total (%)					42.36
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)					51.94
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)					69.76
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)		52.55			60.95
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	3.3
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)						90.41	90.38
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)						96.55	96.09
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)	96.36		96.90	97.03	97.21	93.53	93.28
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)		39.81
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)		53.18
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)		46.58
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)	1,010,029	1,063,070	1,080,674	1,072,022	1,060,171	1,035,161	1,033,614
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)	1,123,301	1,175,115	1,187,161	1,179,533	1,163,795	1,145,735	1,149,110
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)	2,133,330	2,238,185	2,267,835	2,251,555	2,223,966	2,180,896	2,182,724
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	45.9	45.0	41.6	43.6	39.2
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)	9.9	10.3	11.0
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)		0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)		0.7	0.8				0.8
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)	0.78
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	7.4	7.6	7.5	7.3
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	8.0	8.2	8.1	7.8
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	7.7	7.9	7.8	7.6
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	3.2	3.4	3.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	4.7	4.8	4.7
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	3.9	4.1	4.1
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)	0.5	0.4	0.4
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)	1.4	1.2	1.1
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)	0.9	0.8	0.7
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)	55.74	46.34
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)	58.65	48.53
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)	57.26	47.49

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current USD (billions)	9.6	8.5	8.6	9.2
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	4,734	5,002	5,084	5,376

Prices

Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100	109.50	109.74	108.87	110.79	111.73	110.71	114.05	116.04
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)	-0.55	0.22	-0.79	1.77	0.85	-0.92	3.02	1.74
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year	-0.71	2.26	-2.76	2.96	-0.13	0.36	1.03	5.07
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period	-0.55	0.22	-0.79	1.77	0.85	-0.92	3.02	1.74
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	-0.76	2.30	-2.65	2.24	0.85	-0.93	3.00	2.00
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	111.16	113.72	110.70	113.19

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)		41.0	120.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	985	1,128	1,155	1,184
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	1	1	1	1
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	183	323	335	342
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	7	7.03	7.09
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)	348	324	266	325	197
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)	618.00	2,003	2,114	2,240
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	246.0	318.0	321.0
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	191	345	352	359
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	54.2	141.0
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	5.03	7.28
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	153.0	148.0	129.0	160.0	175.0	240.9
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	242.0
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)	265.0	279.0	292.0	307.0	322.0
Overnight stays (thousands)	1,336	1,403	1,473	1,547
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)	13.4	14.1	14.8	15.5	16.3
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	5.38	5.56		4.80
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	6.17	6.39		5.70

Transport

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Total length of railways (kilometre)

Information society

International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Bank

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	1.90	1.84	1.15	0.51	0.42	0.30
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	1.84	1.78	1.11	0.49	0.41	0.29	0.26	0.09
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	8,660,432	9,317,955	8,892,490	8,773,044	9,461,872	10,349,847
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	84.19	88.11	81.79	78.50	82.38	87.70
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	81.59	85.23	78.97	75.65	79.24	84.21	88.12	97.96

International trade

International Road Federation, World Bank

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total trade - Export, current USD (millions)	4,175	2,815	3,263	3,456	3,890	4,264	3,110
Total trade - Import, current USD (millions)	4,495	3,648	3,709	4,353	4,924	4,900	3,907

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Deposit rate (%) (%)	3.50	3.50
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	494.41	591.45
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	493.76	591.21	592.61	580.66	555.45	585.95

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	2.5	2.8	3.0	3.0	5.9	13.9
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)		-373.9	-300.4	-310.0	-235.6	-45.5	-423.8	-419.8	-303.8
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)	-1.65	-5.55	-4.29	-4.20	-2.98	-0.54	-4.70	-5.80
Net ODA - current USD (millions)	599.3	430.1	493.1	675.8
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)	58.26	40.67	45.36	60.47
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)	15.44	19.22	19.27	22.25	25.42	27.22	33.90
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	22.28	30.90	35.92	39.60	41.08	42.52	46.14	50.62	46.34

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)	20.3	17.5	20.3	8.8
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	-6.67	-5.96	-3.00	-4.18	-4.55	-4.00	-1.75	-4.55
Current account balance - current USD (millions)	-884.9	-744.7	-808.8	-927.3
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)	5.5
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)	-626.1
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)	405.7	149.8	131.8	200.9	194.1	218.2	174.0	242.4
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)	1,607	1,666	1,690
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)	17.3	32.7	17.4	31.9	9.8	27.1	21.5	27.6
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)	158.8	168.3	185.4
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)	79.1
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)	-61.2	-65.6	-37.8	-31.7
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)	293.5	143.2	209.4	203.8
Services Balance - current USD (millions)	-406.8	-317.6	-311.3	-249.7
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)	-13.20
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)	-8.87	-6.83	-4.60	-5.72	-5.85	-5.12	-2.96	-4.85
Trade balance - current USD (millions)	-710.5	-504.7	-669.2	-849.6
Workers remittances (Net) - current USD (millions)	155.9

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)		39.00
Land area covered by forest (%)

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