Benin Analytics

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. Fula : 713,000
2. French : 110,000

Mother Tongue : Fula

Literacy Rate (%) : 42.40

Country Capital	:	Proto-Novo
GDP Per capita	:	4,741
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	152^nd/195
Life Expectancy	:	61
Unemployment Rate	:	1
Number of Internet Users	:	4,823,596
Internet Users Rank	:	104^th/195
Area	:	112,760
Area Rank	:	99^th/195
Total Population	:	14,814
Total Population Rank	:	75^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 3

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Benin Highlights

Benin is the 75^th ranked country in population and 99^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. Benin is the 8^th highest ranked in Fula out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Fula when compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. Benin is the 10^th worst ranked in Literacy Rate (%) out of 195 countries in the world. This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.
2. The average GDP Per Capita (USD) of the countries in the world is 30,070. Benin is the 44^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country is a developing country.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Benin is the 51^st worst ranked in Potatoes prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

Benin Metrics

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1127
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	129	1230
2	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	145	1230
3	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	137	1235
4	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	116	1234
5	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	124	1233
6	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	98	1230
7	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	95	1232
8	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	89	1232
9	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	89	1231
10	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	84	1234
11	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	79	1232
12	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	77	1233
13	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	77	1233
14	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	69	1232
15	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	68	1235
16	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	70	1234
17	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	68	1235
18	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	53	1231
19	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	52	1232
20	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	49	1231
21	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	48	1235
22	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	47	1233
23	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	47	1232
24	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	47	1231
25	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	47	1234
26	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	18	1233
27	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	18	1232
28	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	11	1234
29	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	11	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Songhay Languages as a % of total Songhay Languages speakers	% People	0	3	1130
2	Fula	# People	188,175	8	1130
3	Fula as a % of total Fula speakers	% People	0	8	1127
Below than World Average-
1	French	# People	596,219	24	1232
2	French as a % of total French speakers	% People	0	21	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	7	1130
2	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	7	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	186	1232
2	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1234
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	124	1231
4	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	124	1234
5	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	5,059,423	120	1234
6	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	110	1234
7	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	104	1232
8	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	104	1230
9	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	1	1234
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	101	1230
11	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	98	1230
12	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	86	1232
13	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	84	1233
14	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	66	1231
15	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	88,812	51	1235
16	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	16	1231
17	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	5	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1129
Below than World Average-
1	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	30,070	152	1235
2	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	125	1234
3	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	123	1233
4	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		46	133	1235
5	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	112	1235
6	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	129	1233
7	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	126	1233
8	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	613	122	1235
9	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		53	122	1232
10	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	115	1232
11	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	114	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	22	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	83	1234
2	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	39	1233
3	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	76	1233
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	75	1235
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	75	1230
6	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	57	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	53	1130
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	67	1128
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	67	1128
4	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	96	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	170	1232
2	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	129	1234
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	128	1235
4	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	119	1231
5	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	119	1232
6	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	111	1235
7	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	102	1230
8	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	97	1234
9	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	76	1230
10	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	73	1233
11	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	72	1233
12	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	57	1231
13	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	52	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	65	1128
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	34	1126
3	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	36	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	162	1234
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1234
3	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1234
4	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	131	1235
5	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	116	1232
6	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1234
7	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	80	1234
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	63	1233
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	73	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	98	1129
Below than World Average-
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	93	1232
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	64	1234
3	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	64	1235
4	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	57	1235
5	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	57	1230
6	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	55	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	185	1232
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1235
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	124	1233
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	124	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	167	1233
2	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	167	1233
3	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	166	1231
4	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	155	1232
5	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	152	1231
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	151	1235
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	148	1230
8	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	123	1232
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	135	1232
10	Facebook users	# People	6,757,917	133	1232
11	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	112	1232
12	Twitter users	# People	3,173,740	127	1234
13	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	105	1230
14	LinkedIn users	# People	6,388,891	106	1231
15	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	104	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	150	1231
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	124	1235
3	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	132	1234
4	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	130	1231
5	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	160	46	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	154	1230
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	88	1232

Benin Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	French	0.74 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Cotonou	894,792
2	Parakou	336,700
3	Porto-Novo	348,297