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Key facts

  • Currency: West African CFA franc
  • Capital city: Porto-Novo
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 112,760 km²
  • Population: 13,352,864
  • Political Leader: Patrice Talon (President)

Latest news

Documentary About Repatriation of Artworks to Benin Wins Top Honors at Berlin Film Festival

Read: Art News

2024-02-26

Berlinale 2024: Mati Diop's restitution documentary 'Dahomey' wins Golden Bear for Best Film

Read: Le Monde

2024-02-25

Benin entrepreneur harnesses biowaste to power homes, farms

Read: Daily Telegraph

2024-01-17

Across Africa |The Felling of the Spirits: Benin's shrinking Voodoo forests

Read: France 24

2023-12-07

Benin struggles in battle to halt coastal erosion

Read: Phys

2023-11-15

Fuel blaze brings tragedy to Benin border town

Read: Daily Telegraph

2023-09-26

Dozens killed in Benin after fuel depot explodes into flames

Read: Daily Telegraph

2023-09-24

Metrics

Business

GDP 17,396,800,000.00 current US$
Inflation 1.35 annual %
Self-employed 78.56 % of total employment
Tax revenue 10.79 % of GDP
Unemployment 1.48 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 77.56 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 39,500.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.00 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 7,980.40 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 4.09 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 94.44 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 1.46 % of total
Net energy imports 46.59 % of energy use
Fertility rate 4.97 births per woman
Forest area 30,851 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 36.72 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,486.29 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.60 years
Methane emissions 4,029.62 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 3,007.64 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 6,663,569
Male Population 6,689,295
Renewable energy consumption 46.20 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 113,691.00 km²
Rural population 6,738,656
Urban land area 2,005.91 km²
Urban population 6,614,208
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 6.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 36.61 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.43 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 32.13 current US$
Health expenditure 2.59 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.14 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.50 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 60 years
Suicide mortality rate 7.80 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 41.97 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 1,200
Individuals using the Internet 33.97 % of population
Net migration -200
Press freedom 2.46


Politics

Armed forces personnel 12,000
Democracy score 5.74
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 0.56 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 7.41 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 22 days ago

License

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