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Benin BJ

Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · capital Porto-Novo

Population
14,814,460
2025
GDP
$24.6 billion
2025
Life expectancy
61.0 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
legal1,176

Geospatial extent

Bounding box 0.76°–3.84° E, 6.21°–12.40° N · centroid 9.31, 2.30 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

civil law system modeled largely on the French system and some customary law

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
account_ownership51.82024World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS
Account ownership (% age 15+)51.82024World Bank
Agricultural land (% of land)43.12024World Bank
air_freight0.02016World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
airline_routes_departures41.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights3.02026OpenFlights airport database
airports_total10.02016World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT
armed_forces_pct0.22020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel12,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)4,000,000.02025World Bank
arrivals337,000.02019World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k4.02024World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct3.92022World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p52.52024World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
basic_water_pct69.62024World Bank
Battle-related deaths (UCDP)77.02024World Bank
B-READY business entry (0-100)84.52025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business insolvency (0-100)56.92025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business location (0-100)63.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY dispute resolution (0-100)41.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY financial services (0-100)66.92025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY international trade (0-100)58.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY labour (0-100)54.72025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY market competition (0-100)40.02025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 3 operational efficiency (0-100)54.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 2 public services (0-100)57.92025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 1 regulatory framework (0-100)68.62025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY taxation (0-100)63.42025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY utility services (0-100)73.52025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
broad_money_growth15.42025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG
broad_money_pct29.62025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
broad_money_pct_gdp29.62025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
budget_total_musd5,918.02025Benin Assemblee Nationale Loi de finances 2025
cereal_tonnes2,905,684.72024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct3.32023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd46.52023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
child_stunting_pct34.12021World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
claims_on_central_gov1.92025World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking8.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)61.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
container_port_traffic510,895.62019World Bank IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
container_traffic_teu19.12021World Bank IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
cpi123.62025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
CPIA business-regulatory rating (1-6, World Bank)4.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.BREG.XQ
CPIA financial-sector rating (1-6)4.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.FINQ.XQ
CPIA public-sector management rating (1-6)3.72025World Bank IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ
CPIA trade rating (1-6)4.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ
crop_production_idx140.22024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
cts_assault_count5,335.02017UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_assault_rate44.32017UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_count182.02017UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_rate1.52017UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_count630.02017UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_rate5.22017UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)149.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)52.42020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
defense_spend_usd216,913,737.42025World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD
dentists_per_10k6.12024WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
deposit_rate5.32021World Bank FR.INR.DPST
deposit_rate_pct5.32021World Bank FR.INR.DPST
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)316,489.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020)208,657.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
domestic_credit_private_pct19.82025World Bank FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
dpt_immun_pct63.02024World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT
edu_spend_per_student_primary10.32015World Bank SE.XPD.PRIM.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_secondary11.32015World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_tertiary77.72015World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS
education_spend_pct_gdp3.22023World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
education_spend_secondary23.72015World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.ZS
education_spend_tertiary22.12015World Bank SE.XPD.TERT.ZS
Access to electricity (%)59.02024World Bank
electricity_access_rural45.02024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
electricity_access_urban71.62024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS
electricity_capacity_gw0.32024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_consumption_pc122.72024World Bank EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC
electricity_emissions_mtco2e0.62024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_clean_twh0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_demand_twh2.32024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_fossil_twh1.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_hydro,_bioenergy_and_other_renewables_twh0.02024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
showing 80 of 44,491 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 295 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceN/A · not a separate reporting entityBenin: Not applicable as a separate filing jurisdiction: this state is a member of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), which grants a single patent valid in all member states. Member states do not publish separate patent-application counts, so no national series exists to cite. source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial1,176 primary-law documents, 1,175 with full text mirrored (newest 2011-02-28); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (19.0 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_BEN_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested11,835 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeYELLOW · partialstale data (2021) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 0 numeric UNODC/OWID crime series rows only. Missing: full UNODC CTS offence/incident records. source
conflictYELLOW · partialbattle-related deaths (UCDP series via World Bank); one definition of armed conflict, not all violence source
businessYELLOW · partialnewly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source
scienceGREEN · ingestedOpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 44 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial0 public Interpol Red Notices in the ingested snapshot list a national of this country (measured zero for this snapshot; not an absence of crime). source
armsYELLOW · partialSIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 9 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 0 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partialprevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partialaccount ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeGREEN · ingestedtrade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 10 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNWTO tourism corpus. source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 10 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full transport-network corpus. source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partialstale data (2019) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Benin:

legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Benin (BJ). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/bj. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.