Benin
Benin in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Benin recorded GDP per capita: 1,658 (2025), ranking 179 of 212 worldwide; Population: 14.81 million (2025), ranking 75 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 61.0 (2024), ranking 209 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 1.10% (2025), ranking 148 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+10761%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-72%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 5 of 19 comparable series are higher and 14 are lower.
Its population of 14.81 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 24,566,420,903.53 | 2025 | +10760.7% |
| GDP per capita | 1,658.27 | 2025 | +1745.5% |
| GDP growth | 8.07% | 2025 | +157.0% |
| Population | 14,814,460 | 2025 | +488.5% |
| Population growth | 2.4% | 2025 | +45.4% |
| Urban population | 53.36% | 2025 | +445.1% |
| Life expectancy | 60.96 | 2024 | +57.2% |
| Infant mortality | 45.2 | 2024 | -71.6% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.49 | 2024 | +224.4% |
| GDP (PPP) | 71,359,402,707.72 | 2025 | +1039.1% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 4,816.88 | 2025 | +306.1% |
| Labor participation | 76.36% | 2025 | +5.8% |
| Unemployment | 1.59% | 2025 | -2.9% |
| Inflation | 1.1% | 2025 | +150.0% |
| Internet users | 33.98% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 59% | 2024 | +306.9% |
| Forest area | 26.47% | 2023 | -38.3% |
| Education spending | 3.23% | 2023 | +17.5% |
| Health spending | 3.34% | 2023 | +12.8% |