✦ Lumistats
← All indicators
🇧🇯

Benin

Sub-Saharan Africa ·Lower middle incomeBEN

⚖️ Compare with another country
🌍Population
2024

14.5M

75th of 217 countries

💰GDP per Capita
2025

$1,658

157th of 186 countries

❤️Life Expectancy
2024

61.0 yrs

209th of 217 countries

🌫️Emissions per Capita
2024

0.49 t

164th of 203 countries

📉Unemployment
2025

1.6%

170th of 182 countries

🔥Inflation
2025

1.1%

132nd of 169 countries

⚖️Inequality
2021

27.2%

34th of 81 countries

🛡️Military Spending
2025

0.9%

116th of 150 countries

🏥Healthcare
2023

$47

174th of 191 countries

🌐Internet Users
2024

34.0%

159th of 182 countries

⚡Electricity Access
2024

59.0%

189th of 215 countries

🎓Human Development
2022

0.504

173rd of 193 countries

🏚️Poverty
2021

27.2%

10th of 81 countries

👶Fertility Rate
2024

4.48

14th of 217 countries

🏙️Urbanization
2024

52.5%

148th of 217 countries

😮‍💨Air Pollution
2023

39.7 µg/m³

24th of 200 countries

✈️Tourism
2019

337,000

149th of 179 countries

🍼Child Mortality
2024

74.7 / 1k

12th of 196 countries

📚Literacy Rate
2022

51.4%

43rd of 45 countries

🌲Forest Area
2024

28.1%

114th of 209 countries

👴Aging Population
2025

3.2%

190th of 217 countries

🌏Foreign Investment
2025

2.0%

96th of 184 countries

🚢Trade
2025

37.1%

124th of 138 countries

♻️Renewables
2021

0.3%

180th of 208 countries

🎒Education
2023

3.2%

76th of 122 countries

💸Remittances
2024

1.1%

121st of 179 countries

📱Mobile
2024

125.9

61st of 151 countries

🍩Obesity
2022

30.1%

169th of 196 countries

🔫Homicide Rate
2017

1.1 / 100k

99th of 131 countries

👩‍⚖️Women in Parliament
2025

26.6%

90th of 184 countries

🏭Total Emissions
2024

18 Mt

124th of 203 countries

🔍Corruption
2023

52.8

94th of 205 countries

Data from World Bank Open Data

Global rankings · Benin

  • ›Benin records 61.0 yrs in life expectancy (2024), ranking 209th out of 217 countries — in the bottom 4% globally.
  • ›Benin records 51.4% in literacy rate (2022), ranking 43rd out of 45 countries — in the bottom 4% globally.
  • ›In 2024, Benin ranks 12th out of 196 countries in child mortality (74.7 / 1k) — placing it in the top 6% globally.
  • ›In 2024, Benin ranks 14th out of 217 countries in fertility rate (4.48) — placing it in the top 6% globally.
  • ›Benin records 1.6% in unemployment rate (2025), ranking 170th out of 182 countries — in the bottom 7% globally.

Explore more: Compare Benin with another country · All global rankings