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This table lists the international rankings of Benin, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Benin, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	182	491	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	188	6.80	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	133	709,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	2.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	125	194,666	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	109	200,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	71	89.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	90	9,318,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	151	$1,939,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	152	$1,500,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	72	-4.90	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	49	4.25	31 Dec 201
Current account balance	119	-$892,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	148	$2,340,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	67	36.5	2003
Exports	138	$1,713,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	129	24.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	91	14.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	73	68.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	58	-33.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	46	26.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	38	0.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	34	22.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	94	24.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	132	52.20	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	145	$8,359,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	166	$2,200	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	141	$24,310,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	26	4.60	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	91	16.30	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	64	29.00	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	19	3.10	2003
Imports	149	$2,591,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	32	4.20	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	77	1.00	2016 est.
Labor force	96	3,662,000	2007 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	34	37.40	2007 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	106	40.20	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	135	$645,500,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	137	$4,165,000,000	31 Dec 2014 est.
Stock of domestic credit	147	$1,639,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	126	$2,215,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	135	16.8	2016 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	102	5,000,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	72	8,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	123	1,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	74	0	2013 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	7	99.4	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	133	0.6	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	81	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	52	1,100,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	111	163,000	2015 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	125	200,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	95	1,133,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	106	41,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	96	4,914	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	85	44,950	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	156	121	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	35	0	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	127	230	2008
Land Area - sq km	101	110,622.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	86	2,123	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	115	31.30	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	42	22.90	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	72	40.00	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	84	28.70	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	53	3.50	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	132	4.90	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	115	273	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	110	97.10	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	102	112,622.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	110	26.39	2011
Water Area - sq km	91	2,000	NA
Military
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	80	1.03	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	75	2,264,204	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	73	2,358,838	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	15	43.04	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	79	1,072,196	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	79	1,110,607	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	35	20.32	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	97	1,606,185	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	95	1,641,547	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	201	30.24	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	119	217,192	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	127	165,496	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	196	3.56	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	120	184,564	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	128	120,629	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	197	2.84	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	18	35.50	2016 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	6	46.00	2006 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	25	1,020,981	2006 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	26	20.20	2006
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	135	12.90	2012
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	48	8.00	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	116	5.30	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	23	19.00	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	27	82.00	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	26	76.70	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	83	72.1	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	81	77.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	70	85.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	46	27.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	41	22.1	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	22	14.8	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	30	5.30	2010
Health expenditures	68	4.50	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	41	1.14	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	47	2,400	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	46	77,900	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	70	0.50	2010
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	22	51.00	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	27	57.30	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	25	54.20	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	128	63.30	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	126	60.50	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	123	61.90	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	109	27.30	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	107	49.90	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	123	42.40	2010 census
Maternal mortality rate	26	350	2010
Median age – female (years)	154	18.40	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	149	17.70	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	156	18.00	2016 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	63	20.30	2011-12 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	55	0.00	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	120	6.00	2008
Physicians density	139	0.06	2008
Population	86	10,741,458	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	12	2.75	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	153	7.3	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	12	92.7	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	145	19.7	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	14	80.3	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	131	35.6	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	17	64.4	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	11	11	2013
School life expectancy - male (years)	7	14	2013
School life expectancy - total (years)	9	12	2013
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	13	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	19	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	24	1.02	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	46	0.76	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	47	0.66	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	10	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	19	1.01	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	16	4.86	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	124	3	2010 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	125	2	2010 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	34	3.67	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	130	44	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	113	6	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	78	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	95	5	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	118	805,347	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	145	112,392	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	1	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2015
Railways (km)	116	438	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	133	1,400	2006
Roadways - total (km)	122	16,000	2006
Roadways - unpaved (km)	73	14,600	2006
Waterways (km)	88	150	2011

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Benin on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Benin contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Benin should be addressed to the CIA.

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