Data for Benin, Sub-Saharan Africa 

Social

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Most recent value

(2024)

Benin61
Sub-Saharan Afr...63

(2024)

Trend
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Most recent value

(2021)

Benin27.2
Sub-Saharan Afr...45.1

(2021)

Trend
Population, total
Population, total
Most recent value

(2024)

Benin14,462,724
Sub-Saharan Afr...1.29

(2024)

Trend
Population growth (annual %)
Population growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Benin2.5
Sub-Saharan Afr...2.4

(2024)

Trend
Net migration
Net migration
Most recent value

(2025)

Benin-7,847
Sub-Saharan Afr...-223,909

(2025)

Trend
Most recent value

(2020)

Benin0.4

(2020)

Trend

Economic

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
GDP (current US$)
GDP (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024 billion)

Benin21.48
Sub-Saharan Afr...1,979.08

(2024 billion)

Trend
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP per capita (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024)

Benin1,485.4
Sub-Saharan Afr...1,532.9

(2024)

Trend
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Benin7.5
Sub-Saharan Afr...3.6

(2024)

Trend
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Most recent value

(2025)

Benin1.6
Sub-Saharan Afr...5.7

(2025)

Trend
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Benin1.2

(2024)

Trend
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2023)

Benin1.7
Sub-Saharan Afr...3.2

(2023)

Trend
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Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Dem. Rep.
  • Congo, Rep.
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia, The
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia, Fed. Rep.
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe