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Benin AI Report

Date: December 19, 2025

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 (%)

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Potatoes prod.

Military Budget (in Billion $)

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 41^st worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

Benin is the 51^st worst ranked in Potatoes prod. out of all the 195 countries.This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

The Average Military Budget (in Billion $) of 195 countries in the world is 15. Benin is the 60^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate lesser external security threats for the country.

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	1128
2	Fula	# People	188,175	8	1129
3	Fula as a % of total Fula speakers	% People	0	8	1128
Below World Average
1	French	# People	596,219	24	1230
2	French as a % of total French speakers	% People	0	21	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	7	1127
2	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	7	1129
Below World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	186	1230
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	124	1231
3	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	124	1233
4	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	5,059,423	120	1233
5	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	110	1235
6	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	104	1234
7	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	104	1233
8	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	101	1235
9	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	98	1231
10	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	86	1235
11	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	84	1233
12	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	74	1230
13	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	66	1234
14	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	88,812	51	1233
15	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	16	1233
16	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	5	1231
17	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	2	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1129
Below World Average
1	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	155	1235
2	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	153	1233
3	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	125	1230
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	123	1230
5	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	113	1233
6	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	133	1230
7	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	129	1232
8	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	126	1232
9	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	122	1234
10	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	122	1233
11	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	115	1232
12	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	114	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	22	1130
Below World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	135	1231
2	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	76	1234
3	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	75	1231
4	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	75	1234
5	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	59	1235
6	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	57	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	53	1128
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	67	1130
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	67	1128
4	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	96	1126
Below World Average
1	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	171	1232
2	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	129	1235
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	128	1235
4	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	119	1233
5	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	119	1231
6	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	111	1232
7	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	102	1233
8	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	97	1232
9	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	76	1231
10	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	73	1230
11	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	72	1234
12	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	57	1235
13	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	52	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	65	1128
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	34	1129
3	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	36	1130
Below World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	162	1230
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1234
3	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1234
4	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	131	1230
5	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	116	1233
6	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1235
7	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	80	1235
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	63	1235
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	73	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	98	1129
Below World Average
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	93	1234
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	64	1232
3	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	64	1231
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	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	187	1230
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1234
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	124	1233
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	124	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	177	1230
2	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	172	1232
3	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	172	1231
4	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	172	1230
5	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	24	170	1234
6	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	166	1234
7	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	155	1235
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	152	1232
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	12	152	1235
10	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	131	1235
11	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	149	1235
12	Instagram Users	Absolute	3,609,530	148	1235
13	Facebook users	# People	6,739,260	136	1235
14	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	134	1233
15	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	115	1231
16	Twitter users	# People	2,908,615	124	1232
17	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	106	1231
18	LinkedIn users	# People	6,652,451	106	1235
19	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	104	1234

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	1234
3	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	132	1235
4	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	130	1232
5	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	160	46	1230

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	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	129	1230
2	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	145	1231
3	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	137	1232
4	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	116	1233
5	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	124	1234
6	Tree density.	Density	22,685	106	1230
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	98	1231
8	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	95	1230
9	Tree density .	Density	828	92	1230
10	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	89	1232
11	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	89	1233
12	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	84	1232
13	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	79	1232
14	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	77	1235
15	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	74	1233
16	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	69	1231
17	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	68	1231
18	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	70	1235
19	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	68	1234
20	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	53	1230
21	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	52	1233
22	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	49	1235
23	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	48	1232
24	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	47	1232
25	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	47	1234
26	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	47	1234
27	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	47	1233
28	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	18	1230
29	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	18	1232
30	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	11	1234
31	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	11	1233

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	:	1,531
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	155^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	60
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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