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Benin AI Report

Date: January 11, 2026

Benin is a mid-size country with 0.2% of the world's population. Benin is a republic country. It has 3 world heritage sites.

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.

Literacy Rate (%)

#Dentists

Doctors (Per 10,000)

Pharmacists (Per 10,000)

The Average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. Benin is the 10^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Benin is the 23^rd worst ranked in #Dentists . This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population

The Average Doctors (Per 10,000) of 195 countries in the world is 20. Benin is the 37^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

The Average Pharmacists (Per 10,000) of 195 countries in the world is 4. Benin is the 38^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above 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	1129
Below World Average
1	French	# People	596,219	24	1233
2	French as a % of total French speakers	% People	0	21	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	7	1128
2	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	7	1128
Below World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	186	1234
2	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	140	1230
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	124	1230
4	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	124	1233
5	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	110	1234
6	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	104	1230
7	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	104	1230
8	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	101	1232
9	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	98	1233
10	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	86	1233
11	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	84	1235
12	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	78	1231
13	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	74	1234
14	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	66	1231
15	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	64	1231
16	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	16	1235
17	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	5	1235
18	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	2	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1126
Below World Average
1	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,051	155	1230
2	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	153	1231
3	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	125	1232
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	123	1235
5	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	113	1232
6	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	133	1231
7	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	129	1233
8	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	126	1231
9	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	122	1230
10	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	122	1235
11	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	115	1234
12	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	114	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	22	1125
Below World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	135	1234
2	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	136	1234
3	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	76	1230
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	75	1232
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	75	1230
6	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	70	1231
7	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	59	1232
8	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	57	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	53	1129
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	67	1130
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	67	1130
4	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	96	1129
5	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	2023)"	0	171	1129
Below World Average
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	129	1232
2	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	128	1230
3	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	119	1234
4	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	119	1230
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	111	1234
6	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	102	1232
7	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	97	1232
8	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	76	1233
9	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	73	1231
10	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	72	1231
11	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	57	1230
12	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	52	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	65	1125
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	34	1127
3	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	36	1128
Below World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	162	1231
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1233
3	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1231
4	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	131	1231
5	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	116	1234
6	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1233
7	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	80	1230
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	63	1232
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	73	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Number of Trees	Count	1,242,331,089	89	1127
Below World Average
1	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	129	1235
2	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	145	1235
3	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	137	1233
4	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	116	1230
5	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	124	1234
6	Tree density.	Density	22,685	106	1235
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	98	1234
8	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	95	1232
9	Tree density .	Density	828	92	1232
10	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	89	1232
11	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	84	1235
12	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	79	1233
13	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	77	1233
14	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	74	1233
15	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	69	1230
16	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	68	1234
17	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	70	1232
18	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	68	1233
19	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	53	1233
20	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	52	1234
21	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	49	1233
22	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	48	1231
23	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	47	1234
24	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	47	1235
25	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	47	1234
26	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	47	1233
27	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	18	1230
28	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	18	1231
29	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	11	1233
30	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	11	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	98	1125
Below World Average
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	93	1231
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	64	1231
3	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	64	1232
4	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	57	1235
5	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	57	1235
6	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	55	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	185	1231
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1233
3	#Dentists	# People	13,328	172	1233
4	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	162	1231
5	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	158	1231
6	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	156	1232
7	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	134	1231
8	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	134	1231
9	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	124	1234
10	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	124	1231
11	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	65	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	39	177	1234
2	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	174	1230
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	173	1232
4	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	173	1231
5	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	166	1231
6	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	155	1235
7	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	129	1235
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	33	152	1233
9	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	8	151	1235
10	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	8	149	1232
11	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	128	1231
12	Facebook users	# People	7,098,427	138	1231
13	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	136	1231
14	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	135	1233
15	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,957,360	122	1232
16	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	109	1233
17	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	106	1231
18	LinkedIn users	# People	6,861,863	106	1234
19	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	104	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below 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	1233
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 World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	154	1231
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	88	1234

Language

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

Mother Tongue : Fula

Literacy Rate (%) : 42.40

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Proto-Novo
GDP Per Capita	:	1,532
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	155^th/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

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

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