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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 (see all)
Documentary About Repatriation of Artworks to Benin Wins Top Honors at Berlin Film Festival
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2024-02-26
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2024-02-25
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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: 1 day ago
