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IndicatorBENBeninSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #47
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile43rank #101
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.3rank #85
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.39rank #68
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.68rank #81
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile47.7rank #114
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #47
Military spending% GDP0.72%rank #125
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.28rank #85
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile59rank #137
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile50.5rank #116
Rule of Law0-100 percentile49.9rank #129
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.77rank #50
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.49rank #76
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.32rank #87
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile50.2rank #121
Women in parliament% seats26.6%rank #85
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.88rank #28
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment40.2%rank #39
Agriculture value added% GDP22.9%rank #23
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker19,535.6rank #152
Current account balance% GDP-8.2%rank #152
Employment-to-population ratio%75.3%rank #13
External debt stocks% GNI66.6%rank #83
FDI net inflows% GDP2.5%rank #91
GDPcurrent US$24.57Brank #122
GDP growth%8.1%rank #9
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,658.3rank #157
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $4,116.2rank #155
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $3,805.5rank #160
Gross capital formation% GDP35.8%rank #7
Gross savings% GDP30.3%rank #37
High-technology exports% manuf. exports30.5%rank #13
Human capital indexindex1.9rank #119
Industry value added% GDP17.5%rank #128
Inflation%1.1%rank #38
Labour force participation rate%76.5%rank #16
Personal remittances received% GDP1.7%rank #97
Tax revenue% GDP10.8%rank #38
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.44rank #94
Trade openness% GDP37.1%rank #124
Unemployment% labor force1.6%rank #13
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%1.5%rank #12
Vulnerable employment% employment78.5%rank #169
Youth unemployment% ages 15-242.9%rank #11
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-242.7%rank #10
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop69.6%rank #151
Basic sanitation access% pop22.2%rank #171
Child mortalityper 1007.5rank #146
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,703.3rank #132
DTP3 immunization coverage%63%rank #36
Health spending% GDP3.3%rank #171
Infant mortalityper 1k births45.2rank #134
Life expectancyyears61rank #209
Maternal mortalityper 100k518rank #110
Measles immunization% children44%rank #42
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%44%rank #42
Physiciansper 1k0.22rank #47
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m339.7rank #177
Road traffic deathsper 100k26.8rank #107
Smoking prevalence% adults7.4%rank #10
Suicide mortality rateper 100k7.1rank #85
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k40rank #66
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births74.7rank #185
Undernourishment% pop14.3%rank #47
Education
Adult literacy%51.4%rank #42
Education spending% GDP3.2%rank #76
Expected years of schoolingyears10.4rank #170
Mean years of schoolingyears3.2rank #182
Primary completion rate% relevant age61.6%rank #126
Primary enrollment% gross108%rank #29
Secondary enrollment% gross43.6%rank #136
Tertiary enrollment% gross10.2%rank #119
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00033.4rank #14
Fertility ratebirths/woman4.5rank #14
Median age of populationyears17.8rank #199
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.01rank #95
Populationpeople14.81Mrank #75
Population growth%2.4%rank #27
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years64.9rank #211
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands24,433.8rank #69
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age81.6rank #17
Urban population%53.4%rank #136
Climate
CO₂ emissionst6.07Mrank #131
CO₂ per capitat0.42rank #175
Electricity access% pop59%rank #56
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation4%rank #85
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita114.7rank #140
Forest area% land26.5%rank #114
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita2.2rank #38
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh584.2rank #134
Renewable electricity%4%rank #159
Renewable energy share%54.5%rank #39
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e30.4rank #81
Society
Asylum seekerspeople3,408rank #94
Extreme poverty% pop27.2%rank #37
Female labor participation%75.2%rank #10
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.28rank #140
Gender Development Indexratio0.87rank #96
Gender Inequality Index0-10.57rank #135
Gini indexindex34.4rank #35
Homicide rateper 100k1.1rank #33
Human Development Index0-10.52rank #140
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.32rank #135
Internally displaced personspeople27,294rank #4
Internet users% pop34%rank #157
Life satisfaction0-104.4rank #121
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.5rank #111
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #139
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.07rank #106
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.32rank #142
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.73rank #167
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people16,974rank #86
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people1,279rank #76
Youth NEET rate%14.5%rank #68
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year149rank #14
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths163rank #21
Hazard & exposure0-104.8rank #42
Human hazard & exposure0-106.1rank #49
INFORM risk score0-105.6rank #45
Lack of coping capacity0-107rank #60
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-107.1rank #61
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.9rank #48
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.1rank #18
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year160rank #22
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.1rank #58
Vulnerability0-105.1rank #40
Vulnerable groups0-104rank #35
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