International Rankings of Benin 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	491	183	2012
Internet users	200,100	139	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	156,700	135	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	8,408,000	90	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,598,000,000	151	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,562,000,000	151	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-0.50	56	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	4.25	90	31 Dec 2010 est
Current account balance	-$684,900,000	110	2013 est.
Debt - external	$1,123,000,000	158	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	36.5	83	2003
Exports	$1,071,000,000	153	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	19.50	168	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	11.60	149	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	77.90	49	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-27.00	26	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	17.80	146	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.20	107	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	32.00	20	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	13.00	201	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	55.00	143	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$7,463,000,000	147	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,600	200	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$15,640,000,000	140	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	5.40	54	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	9.00	130	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	29.00	88	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	3.10	45	2003
Imports	$1,755,000,000	168	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	3.50	80	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	6.80	51	2013 est.
Labor force	3,662,000	96	2007 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	37.40	46	2007 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	31.90	112	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$712,800,000	144	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 2,950,000,000	145	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,529,000,000	140	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 1,755,000,000	128	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	20.9	160	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	4,655,000	129	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	146	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	161	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	182	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	8,000,000	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	870,100,000	154	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	153	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	98.4	56	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	1.6	139	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	128	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	167	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	935,000,000	65	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	61,000	181	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	142,100,000	190	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	88.09	193	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	167	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	140	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	145	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	164	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	1,133,000,000	102	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	29,170	117	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	168	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	34,840	87	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	167	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	121	166	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	658	190	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	127	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	18.74	161	2001
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.13	150	2001
Irrigated land (sq km)	230	129	2008
Land Area - sq km	110,622.00	101	NA
Land boundaries - km	1,989	87	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	22.48	44	2011
Land use - other (%)	74.90	196	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	2.61	76	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	89.29	114	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	112,622.00	102	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	26.39	112	2011
Water Area - sq km	2,000	92	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	2,038,351	84	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	2,095,373	90	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	1,400,045	97	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	1,385,065	100	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	104,526	78	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	108,496	77	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.50	98	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	2,134,644	76	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	2,223,497	75	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	44.10	15	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	967,664	82	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,001,845	82	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	19.90	61	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,456,501	101	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	1,476,894	101	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	29.70	211	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	200,424	115	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	143,594	127	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	3.50	219	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	163,220	122	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	109,009	126	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	2.80	211	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	37.02	19	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	20.20	35	2006
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	12.90	164	2012
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	8.59	79	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	108	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	69.1	150	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	76	160	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	84.5	180	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	30.9	50	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	24	44	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	15.5	26	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	5.40	61	2010
Health expenditures	4.60	150	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	1.20	40	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	2,700	48	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	60,000	55	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.50	178	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	55.15	23	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	61.76	31	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	58.54	27	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	62.04	194	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	59.37	192	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	60.67	191	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	30.30	200	2010 census
Literacy - male (%)	55.20	197	2010 census
Literacy - total (%)	42.40	208	2010 census
Maternal mortality rate	350.00	31	2010
Median age - female (years)	18.00	214	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	17.20	218	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	17.60	215	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	20.00	102	2006 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	93	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	6.00	151	2008
Physicians density	0.06	176	2008
Population	9,877,292	90	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.84	17	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	5.1	195	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	94.9	4	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	14.2	193	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	85.8	10	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	25.3	195	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	74.7	7	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	8	172	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	11	149	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	9	177	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	133	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	107	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	92	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.71	220	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.67	191	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	122	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.01	66	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	117	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	5.13	17	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	1	138	2002
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	1	137	2002
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	1	142	2002
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	4.12	21	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	44.9	151	2011
Transportation
Airports	6	176	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	1	219	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	5	152	2013
Railways (km)	438	113	2008
Roadways (km)	16,000	119	2006
Waterways (km)	150	102	2011

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