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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)
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General information
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 | 1.41 % 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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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 2 days ago