Country profile · BEN
Benin
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 14.1M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 4.7%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 523 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 4.56
- Expected years of schooling
- 10.4 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 10%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 15% / 2%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.34
- Urban population
- 52%
- Employment in agriculture
- 43%
- Internet use
- 32%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.78%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 6.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 55%
- Women married before age 18
- 31%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 4.38
Religion
- Christianity49%
- Islam28%
- Folk and traditional beliefs17%
- No religion6%
Major cities
- Cotonou
- Porto-Novo
Common hazards
- Floods
Common migration destinations
- Nigeria