Benin 

Social

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

(2024)

61

(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)

27.2

(2021)

Trend
Population, total
Population, total
Most recent value

(2025)

14,814,460

(2025)

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

(2025)

2.4

(2025)

Trend
Net migration
Net migration
Most recent value

(2025)

-7,847

(2025)

Trend
Most recent value

(2020)

0.4

(2020)

Trend

Economic

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

(2025 billion)

24.57

(2025 billion)

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

(2025)

1,658.3

(2025)

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

(2025)

8.1

(2025)

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

(2025)

1.6

(2025)

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

(2025)

1.1

(2025)

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

(2023)

1.7

(2023)

Trend
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Surveys

  • Most Recent Surveys
    Afrobarometer Survey 2011-2013, Merged Round 5 Data (34 Countries)

    By Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD, Ghana), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR, South Africa), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP, Benin), Institute for Development Studies (IDS, Kenya), Michigan State University (MSU, United States),

    Submitted on:  01 Nov, 2017
    KNOMAD-ILO Migration Costs Surveys 2016

    By Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) & International Labour Organization (ILO)

    Submitted on:  11 Dec, 2017
    Afrobarometer Survey 2008

    By Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)

    Submitted on:  27 Jan, 2012
    Afrobarometer Survey 2016-2018, Merged Round 7 Data (34 Countries)

    By Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Michigan State University (MSU), University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa)

    Submitted on:  27 Oct, 2020

Human Capital Index

  • HCI and GDP Per Capita PPP (log scale, horizontal axis)

    Productivity relative to benchmark of complete education and full health

    Benin

Global Economic Prospects - Forecasts

  • Annual GDP Growth (%)
    Benin