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Benin

Benin: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 14.8 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 41.3%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 55.6%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.2%World Bank2025 Female share of population 49.8%World Bank2025 Urban population 53.4%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 4.5World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 76.4World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 61.0yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 45.2‰World Bank2024 Net migration -7 847World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 51.4%World Bank2022 Secondary school enrolment 43.6%World Bank2022 Tertiary enrolment 10.2%World Bank2022 Education spending 3.2%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $4 817$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $4 760$World Bank2025 Gini index 34.4World Bank2021 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 27.2%World Bank2021 Income share held by richest 10% 27.2%World Bank2021

Health

Suicide rate 7.1per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 3.3%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 34.0%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 125.9per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 59.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.5tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey65.1%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey57.5%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey43.1%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey67.0%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey52.6%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 26.6%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey79.0%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey44.0%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey8.5%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 1.6%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 2.9%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 75.2%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 77.6%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 79.8%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 1.1per 100kWorld Bank2017 Feels safe walking alone at night survey40.2%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey15.6%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Togo86%
  2. Panama81%
  3. Mauritania81%
  4. Cote d'Ivoire81%
  5. Senegal80%
  6. Gambia, The78%

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.