International Rankings of Benin 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	491	183	2012
Internet users	200,100	133	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	156,700	132	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	8,408,000	90	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,825,000,000	149	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,712,000,000	148	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-1.30	48	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	4.25	44	31 Dec 2010 est
Current account balance	-$699,300,000	110	2013 est.
Debt - external	$1,236,000,000	152	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	36.5	69	2003
Exports	$1,108,000,000	157	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	13.20	160	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	12.70	90	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-26.00	28	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	18.60	86	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.20	40	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	31.60	20	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	12.90	153	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	55.60	113	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$8,359,000,000	146	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,600	159	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$16,650,000,000	141	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	5.00	32	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	9.90	109	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	29.00	70	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	3.10	17	2003
Imports	$1,835,000,000	165	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	3.70	44	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	2.40	68	2013 est.
Labor force	3,662,000	95	2007 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	37.40	34	2007 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	29.70	111	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$720,300,000	144	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 3,060,000,000	143	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$1,511,000,000	141	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 1,889,000,000	126	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	20.5	132	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	4,655,000	128	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	128	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	8,000,000	85	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	870,100,000	154	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	98.4	10	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	1.6	127	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	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)	85.64	194	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	1,133,000,000	95	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	29,170	116	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	34,840	87	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	116	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	121	155	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	658	182	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	18.74	159	2001
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.13	138	2001
Irrigated land (sq km)	230	128	2008
Land Area - sq km	110,622.00	101	NA
Land boundaries - km	2,123	83	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	22.48	44	2011
Land use - other (%)	74.90	155	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	2.61	72	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	91.85	113	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	112,622.00	102	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	26.39	110	2011
Water Area - sq km	2,000	90	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	1.03	77	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	2,179,026	76	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	2,269,896	75	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	43.80	14	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,001,400	82	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,036,963	81	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.10	23	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,504,201	97	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	1,530,283	97	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	29.90	127	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	205,701	117	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	149,883	128	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	3.50	102	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	170,373	120	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	112,830	127	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	2.80	115	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	36.51	20	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	46.00	6	2006 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	1,020,981	28	2006 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	20.20	28	2006
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	12.90	136	2012
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	8.39	79	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	5.30	106	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	18.90	26	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	83.00	23	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	77.70	20	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	69.1	87	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	76.1	87	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	84.5	76	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	30.9	46	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	23.9	38	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	15.5	22	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	5.30	30	2010
Health expenditures	4.60	67	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	1.10	32	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	3,100	47	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	71,500	52	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	0.50	71	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	53.76	24	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	60.26	28	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	57.09	26	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	62.47	190	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	59.75	182	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	61.07	178	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	30.30	126	2010 census
Literacy - male (%)	55.20	115	2010 census
Literacy - total (%)	42.40	123	2010 census
Maternal mortality rate	350.00	26	2010
Median age - female (years)	18.10	149	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	17.40	151	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	17.70	145	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	20.30	63	2011-12 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.00	74	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	6.00	120	2008
Physicians density	0.06	140	2008
Population	10,160,556	88	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.81	15	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	5.1	151	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	94.9	4	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	14.3	139	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	85.7	10	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	25.3	131	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	74.7	8	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	9	13	2011
School life expectancy - male (years)	13	8	2011
School life expectancy - total (years)	11	10	2011
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	19	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	24	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	17	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.67	45	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.01	21	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	5.04	14	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	1	117	2002
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	1	107	2002
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	1	121	2002
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	4.12	17	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	44.9	122	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	6	113	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	1	78	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	5	95	2013
Railways (km)	438	113	2008
Roadways (km)	16,000	119	2006
Waterways (km)	150	89	2011

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