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| Voter turnout in the national election | 27.2% (2019) [196/199 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023) | 109 [114/190 countries] | ||
| Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021) | 127,422 [28/192 countries] | ||
| % of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023) | 25.69% [95/185 countries] | ||
| % of MPs 40 years of age or younger (As of February 16, 2023) | 4.82% [136/143 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Evaluation of control of corruption (0-100) (2021) | 50.5 [104/209 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022) | 19.8% [161/189 countries] | ||
| General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022) | -3.62% [139/180 countries] | ||
| General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022) | 55% [97/185 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Population (ten thousands) (2021) | 1,245.1 [76/216 countries] | ||
| Popuation growth (annual) (2021) | 2.8% [10/217 countries] | ||
| Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021) | 75.9% [27/217 countries] | ||
| 0-14 years, % of the total population (2021) | 41.7% [20/193 countries] | ||
| 15-64 years, % of the total population (2021) | 55.0% [175/193 countries] | ||
| 65 years and over, % of the total population (2021) | 3.3% [152/193 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020) | 62.1 [178/199 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020) | 63.6 [182/199 countries] | ||
| Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020) | 60.5 [180/199 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020) | 4.70 [13/200 countries] | ||
| Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020) | 35.5 [15/204 countries] | ||
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017) | 397 [26/183 countries] | ||
| Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 56.5 [14/193 countries] | ||
| Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 86 [10/194 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 31.3% [28/154 countries] | ||
| Prevalence of overweight in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 2.2% [142/154 countries] | ||
| Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15?49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime (%) (2018) | 26% [62/151 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020) | 3.3% [144/231 countries] | ||
| Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019) | 1,238 [110/164 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| GDP (current US$, billions) (2021) | 17.455 [126/192 countries] | ||
| GDP per capita (current US$) (2021) | 1,398 [161/192 countries] | ||
| GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021) | 3,778 [159/192 countries] | ||
| GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021) | 1,370 [145/173 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) (2020) | 0.61 [100/121 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 38.3% [41/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 38.3% [41/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (2019) | 18.3% [112/187 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Daily newspapers: number of titles (2004) | 34 [37/153 countries] | ||
| Daily newspapers: Number of titles per 1 million inhabitants (2004) | 4.13 [47/154 countries] | ||
| Daily newspapers: Total average circulation (2004) | 3,000 [80/82 countries] | ||
| Daily newspapers: Total average circulation per 1,000 inhabitants (2004) | 0 [83/84 countries] | ||
| Newspaper journalists (headcounts) | 200 (2004) [59/76 countries] | ||
| Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants | 24.3 (2004) [70/75 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| E-Government Development Index (2020) | 0.4039 [157/193 countries] | ||
| E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.5476 [100/193 countries] | ||
| Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.5118 [111/193 countries] | ||
| Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.4404 [168/193 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Surface area (square km) (2020) | 114,760 [101/215 countries] | ||
| Land area (sq. km) (2020) | 112,760 [100/216 countries] | ||
| Agricultural land (% of land area) (2020) | 35.0% [112/209 countries] | ||
| Forest area (sq. km) (2020) | 31,352 [90/209 countries] | ||
| Forest area (% of land area) (2020) | 27.8% [115/209 countries] | ||
| Coastline (km) (2019) | 121 [152/230 countries] | ||
| Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) (2015) | 7.3% [57/172 countries] | ||
| Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) (1961-1990) | 27.6 [9/191 countries] | ||
| Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) (2019) | 1,039 [90/182 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Bird species, threatened (2018) | 12 [130/215 countries] | ||
| Fish species, threatened (2018) | 40 [70/215 countries] | ||
| Mammal species, threatened (2018) | 13 [78/215 countries] | ||
| Plant species (higher), threatened (2018) | 20 [105/215 countries] | ||
| Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2018) | 29.6% [33/211 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) (2019) | 7,300 [118/191 countries] | ||
| CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) (2019) | 0.62 [152/191 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Exports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 3.1 [125/173 countries] | ||
| Exports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 19.9% [134/173 countries] | ||
| Imports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 3.9 [130/173 countries] | ||
| Imports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 25.0% [139/173 countries] | ||
| External balance on goods and services (million US$) (2020) | -1 [95/173 countries] | ||
| Current account balance (billion US$) (2021) | -0.274 [99/193 countries] | ||
| Export from Japan (million US$) (2018) | 13 [148/161 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Period of United Nations membership () | 1960.0920 [82/192 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Military expenditure (billion US$) (2020) | 0.1 [117/150 countries] | ||
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) (2020) | 0.5% [138/148 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 26.8 [40/183 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (5?19 years) (%) (2016) | 2.6% [159/190 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (15?49 years) (%) (2019) | 55.2% [3/192 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Current tobacco smokers, men (% of population) (2001-2020) | 7.2% [147/150 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Healthy life expectancy at birth - male (2019) | 54.5 [158/183 countries] | ||
| Healthy life expectancy at birth - female (2019) | 56.6 [156/183 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| New HIV infectionsf (per 1000 uninfected population) (2020) | 0.19 [46/130 countries] | ||
| Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population) (2020) | 55 [87/194 countries] | ||
| Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among children under 5 years (%) (2020) | 2.87 [17/194 countries] | ||
| Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs (2020) | 5,599,018 [39/194 countries] | ||
| Probability of dying from any of CVD, cancer, diabetes, CRD between age 30-70 (%) (2019) | 22.6 [58/183 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Density of medical doctors (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 0.6 [186/193 countries] | ||
| Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 3.0 [189/194 countries] | ||
| Density of pharmacists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 0.3 [143/167 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) (2019) | 2,204 [124/165 countries] | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (million US$) | 4,243 (2020) [75/185 countries] | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) | 27.1% (2020) [11/185 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 38.3% [41/187 countries] | ||
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 38.3% [41/187 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Stimulants, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.08 [174/179 countries] | ||
| Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.05 [164/179 countries] | ||
| Tea (including mate), food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.03 [151/178 countries] | ||
| Alcoholic Beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 83.07 [32/178 countries] | ||
| Total alcohol per capita (??15 years of age) consumptionl (litres of pure alcohol) (2019) | 2.2 [137/185 countries] | ||
| Wine, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.25 [118/177 countries] | ||
| Beer, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 9.85 [118/177 countries] | ||
| Fermented beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 72.62 [2/175 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Travel & Tourism Competitiveness (ranking by World Economic Forum) (2019) | 123 [123/140 countries] | ||
| Number of foreign visitors to Japan (2019) | 302 [148/196 countries] | ||
| Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) (2019) | 0.2 [162/188 countries] | ||
| International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) (2019) | 6.7% [90/136 countries] | ||
| International tourism, number of arrivals (ten thousands) (2019) | 33.7 [149/179 countries] | ||
| International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) (2019) | 3.0% [127/149 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Number of world heritage properties (2011) | 1 [114/151 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Book production, annual total | 9 (1998) [102/104 countries] | ||
| Book production, % of arts and recreation | 0.0% (1998) [92/95 countries] | ||
| Book production, % of literature | 55.6% (1998) [3/98 countries] | ||
| Book production, % of religion and theology | 22.2% (1998) [10/97 countries] |
| Benin | |||
| Life satisfaction (10 steps) (2022) | 4.623 [114/145 countries] | ||
| Life satisfaction (10 steps) - male (2012-2014) | 3.511 [160/162 countries] | ||
| Life satisfaction (10 steps) - female (2012-2014) | 3.440 [161/162 countries] | ||
| % of those who had positive affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 60.4% [113/154 countries] | ||
| % of those who report that they felt happiness on the previous day (2010-2012) | 54.3% [130/155 countries] | ||
| % of those who had negative affect on the previous day (2010-2012) | 22.5% [90/155 countries] | ||
| % of those who are satisfied with their freedom of choice in life (2021) | 75.7% [94/148 countries] |
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| Christian, % of population (2012) | 42.8% [127/180 countries] | ||
| Catholic, % of population (2012) | 27.1% [70/120 countries] | ||
| Protestant, % of population (2012) | 10.4% [72/100 countries] |