Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · BEN
Benin
18,650 datasets on Benin from ILO, World Bank, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, fao, WHO, IMF, Ember, Eurostat, OECD, IMF Financial Access Survey, UNHCR, UCDP, IATI, each with its publisher, unit and history.
Headline figures
GDP (current US$)
24.57B
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita (current US$)
1658.27
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP growth (annual %)
8.07
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
1.10
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Population, total
14.81M
people · 2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth (years)
60.96
years · 2024 · World Bank
Mortality rate, under-5
74.70
per 1,000 live births · 2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
1.59
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day
27.20
percent · 2021 · World Bank
Access to electricity
59
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Individuals using the Internet
33.98
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Primary completion rate, total
61.64
percent · 2022 · World Bank
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
17.05
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Current health expenditure
3.34
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita
0.49
t CO2e per capita · 2024 · World Bank
By topic
Sources
- ILO7,201 series
- World Bank4,919 series
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics3,246 series
- fao2,909 series
- WHO178 series
- IMF113 series
- Ember38 series
- Eurostat22 series
- OECD6 series
- IMF Financial Access Survey5 series
- UNHCR5 series
- UCDP5 series
- IATI3 series
The full brief for Benin, with rankings against its peers, publisher disagreements and development finance by funder and project, is on the Interva desk.