International Rankings of Benin 2023, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	0.3	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	153	29981	2020
Internet users - percent of population	87	34 %	2021
Internet users - total	102	4.420 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	179	11493	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	62	98	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	79	12.732 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	149	2.101 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	145	2.024 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	85	6.2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	103	273.967 million US Dollars	2020
Debt - external	146	2.804 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	142	3.506 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	146	10.315 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	109	31.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	99	13.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	64	70.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	86	43 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	36	27.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	26	26.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	104	22.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	141	51.1 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	60	37.8 %	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	66	29 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	20	3.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	153	3.942 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	35	9.12 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	143	1.73 %	2021
Labor force	78	5.295 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	2023
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	2023
Population below poverty line	41	38.5 %	2019
Public debt	80	54.6 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	119	43.170 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	51	7.16 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	157	3300 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	158	698.900 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	112	17.1 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	202	1.57 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	145	4.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	150	3.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	148	3.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	104	274000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	119	37000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	109	6.592 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	102	78000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	89	78000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	170	524.080 million kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	97	2.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	80	646.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	151	475000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	135	346.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	15	96.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	40	3.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	158	8.468 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	117	19.057 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	84	19.057 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	89	1.133 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	82	8.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	109	46300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	109	1514 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	95	38040 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	118	6.48 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	117	5.8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	46	33.11 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	116	31.3	2018
Land use - arable land	42	22.9	2018
Land use - forest	72	40	2018
Land use - other	85	28.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	54	3.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	133	4.9	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	31	2.24 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	114	26.390 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	123	60.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	99	150.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	22	3.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	118	50.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	90	685936 tons	1993
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	71	171484 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	30	25 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	102	110622 sq km	0
Area - total	104	112622 sq km	0
Area - water	37	2.000 million sq km	0
Coastline	151	121 km	0
Elevation - highest point	17	6752.5 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	114	273 meters	0
Irrigated land	130	172 sq km	2017
Land boundaries - total	86	2123 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	116	31.3	2018
Land use - arable land	42	22.9	2018
Land use - forest	72	40	2018
Land use - other	85	28.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	54	3.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	133	4.9	2018
Military
Military expenditures	47	0.7 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	110	0.81 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	46	0.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	119	0.2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	133	1.25 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	94	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	3	40.72 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	26	16.8 %	1718
Contraceptive prevalence rate	122	15.5 %	1718
Current health expenditure	88	2.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	19	68.3 %	2023
Death rate	87	7.82 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	138	5.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	27	17.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	18	84 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	18	78.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	62	79 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	32	29.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	17	25.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	3	21 % of population	0
Education expenditures	56	3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	5	2.63 %	2023
Hospital bed density	66	0.5 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	14	49.14 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	16	59.28 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	15	54.33 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	192	64.55 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	196	60.75 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	192	62.6 years	0
Literacy - female	113	35 %	2021
Literacy - male	91	56.9 %	0
Literacy - total population	103	45.8 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	13	523 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	162	17.6 years	2020
Median age - male	152	16.4 years	0
Median age - total	151	17 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	71	20.5	1718
Net migration rate	75	0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	107	9.6 %	2016
Physicians density	154	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	75	14.220 million	2023
Population growth rate	7	3.31 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	89	56.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	9	81.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	11	63.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	6	43.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	10 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.84 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	95	1.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	133	11.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	121	6.9 %	2020
Total fertility rate	5	5.39 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	22	3.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	118	50.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	145	4.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	150	3.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	148	3.9	0
Transportation
Airports	117	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	93	51000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	137	7	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	113	805347	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	140	112392	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	101	1	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2015
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	121	1400 km	2006
Roadways - total	106	16000 km	2006
Waterways	101	150 km	2011

*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 Benin on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.