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REPORTING ECONOMY · BEN

Benin, in context.

Annual data for Benin. These observations describe the source's reporting country or area; they do not represent individual local regions or cities.

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BJ Benin2025

GDP per capita

$1.4Kconstant 2015 US$ per person
+5.5% year over year
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BJ Benin2025

Population

14.8Mpeople
+2.4% year over year
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BJ Benin2024

Life expectancy

61years at birth
+0.3% year over year
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Inflation

1.1%annual change in consumer prices (%)
-0.1 pp year over year
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BJ Benin2023

Electricity consumption

114.7kilowatt-hours per person
+8.9% year over year
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Employment ratio

75.1%% of population aged 15+ (modeled ILO estimate)
+0.1 pp year over year
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Total GDP

$20.7Bconstant 2015 US$
+8.1% year over year
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BJ Benin2025

Unemployment

1.6%% of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate)
-0.0 pp year over year
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The reporting boundary matters.

These annual series use the publisher's country or economy boundaries. A reporting-area average cannot tell you what a specific city, neighborhood, or household experiences.

Geography definition

Canonical geography identifier
entity.geo.benin
World Bank reporting code
BEN
Geographic region
Africa · Western Africa
Classification
UN M49 geographic classification · M49 204
Reporting scope
World Bank reporting country or area, classified in Western Africa by UN M49. Statistical grouping does not assert sovereignty.

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