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Benin AI Report

Date: May 25, 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 (%)

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Potatoes prod.

Teachers in primary edu.

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.

The Average GDP Per Capita (USD) of 195 countries in the world is 18,044. Benin is the 41^st worst ranked country out of 195 countries. 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.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Benin is the 56^th worst ranked in Teachers in primary edu. . This may indicate that the investment by the country in primary education is lesser when compared to other countries.

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	1129
2	Fula as a % of total Fula speakers	% People	0	8	1130
Below World Average
1	French	# People	3,059,547	24	1235
2	French as a % of total French speakers	% People	0	21	1230
3	Fula	# People	2,038,567	8	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	1130
2	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	7	1130
Below World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	186	1230
2	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	124	1231
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	124	1231
4	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	86	1233
5	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	112,672	140	1235
6	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	98	1235
7	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	80,879	110	1231
8	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	104	1235
9	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	104	1231
10	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	66	1230
11	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	1,420,982	101	1231
12	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	74	1233
13	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	201,153	84	1235
14	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	3,225,437	78	1234
15	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	2	1234
16	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	3,831,465	64	1233
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	16	1232
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	5	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	16	1125
2	FTAs in India for Business (%)	% People	18	20	1130
3	FTAs in India for Education (%)	% People	5	27	1126
4	FTAs in India via Mumbai (%)	% People	23	33	1129
5	INDs via Chennai Airport (%)	% People	5	36	1127
6	INDs via Mumbai Airport (%)	% People	33	44	1126
7	INDs for Leisure (%)	% People	46	70	1126
8	FTAs in India via Delhi (%)	% People	46	75	1125
9	INDs via Delhi Airport (%)	% People	38	76	1130
Below World Average
1	FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	14	172	1234
2	FTAs in India via Chennai (%)	% People	5	161	1232
3	FTAs in India	# People	51,254	160	1231
4	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,044	155	1230
5	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,199	153	1232
6	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	131	1230
7	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		51	148	1232
8	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	124	1234
9	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	173,515	136	1231
10	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	118	1230
11	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		48	135	1231
12	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	180,704	129	1234
13	FTAs in India for Leisure (%)	% People	42	127	1230
14	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	114	1231
15	FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%)	% People	6	104	1233
16	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	600	114	1231
17	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,288	110	1231
18	INDs from India	# People	158,494	110	1235
19	INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%)	% People	5	82	1230
20	INDs - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	22	81	1232
21	INDs for Business (%)	% People	25	82	1234
22	FTAs in India for Medical (%)	% People	12	60	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	21	1126
Below World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	137	1233
2	Female Population	# People	21,066,765	76	1230
3	Total Population	# People	42,357,833	75	1233
4	Male Population	# People	21,291,067	75	1231
5	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	59	1233
6	Total Births	# People	677,551	57	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	53	1127
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	67	1129
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	67	1126
4	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	96	1128
Below World Average
1	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	59	171	1233
2	Unemployment Rate.	% People	6	129	1234
3	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	128	1230
4	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	57	119	1234
5	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	119	1231
6	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	111	1231
7	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	102	1231
8	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	97	1233
9	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	76	1235
10	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	73	1232
11	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,641,663	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 World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	65	1125
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	34	1128
3	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	36	1125
Below World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	162	1235
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1233
3	# Cities>500000	# Cities	7	73	1232
4	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	131	1231
5	# Cities>100000	# Cities	27	116	1231
6	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	108	1233
7	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,603,754	80	1230
8	# Cities>300000	# Cities	11	63	1235
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	73	1235

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	1231
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	64	1231
3	Christian Population	# People	16,917,912	64	1230
4	Islamic Population	# People	10,091,996	57	1232
5	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	57	1235
6	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	55	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	185	1235
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1232
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	124	1233
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	124	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	176	1231
2	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	174	1234
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	173	1231
4	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	29	171	1230
5	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	166	1234
6	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	155	1234
7	Instagram Users as a % of Total Instagram Users	% People	0	131	1232
8	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	152	1232
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	34	151	1234
10	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	12	146	1232
11	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	37	135	1230
12	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	135	1231
13	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	117	1233
14	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,789,045	118	1233
15	LinkedIn users	# People	7,145,162	105	1232
16	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	99	1233
17	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	99	1232
18	Internet Users	# People	28,543,790	101	1235
19	Facebook users	# People	11,706,915	99	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	150	1235
2	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	124	1235
3	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	17	132	1230
4	Total Military Force	# People	362,682	130	1233
5	Lawyers Per 100K	People Per 100K	137	46	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	154	1230
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	88	1231

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	1234
2	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,504,846	145	1230
3	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	137	1230
4	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	133	1234
5	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	116	1235
6	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	124	1235
7	Tree density.	Density	22,685	106	1231
8	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	98	1230
9	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	95	1231
10	Tree density .	Density	828	92	1232
11	Forest Area.	Area	21,595,147	89	1234
12	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	84	1231
13	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	20,929,075	79	1232
14	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	77	1231
15	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	74	1234
16	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	69	1232
17	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	68	1232
18	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	70	1232
19	Onion prod.	Tons	819,042	68	1232
20	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	878,129	53	1233
21	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	52	1231
22	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	49	1235
23	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	48	1234
24	Rice prod.	Tons	6,920,442	47	1230
25	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	47	1232
26	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	47	1232
27	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	47	1230
28	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Weight	1	18	1235
29	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,572,369	18	1235
30	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	11	1231
31	Cotton Production (% of Total Cotton Production)	Percent	1	11	1232

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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