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Benin vs Burkina Faso

115 shared metrics.

BeninLeads in 48

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Burkina FasoLeads in 67

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Benin

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Benin.

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Identity

Name origin: the current name comes from a local ethnic group, the Bini, whose name may be related to the Arabic word bani, meaning "sons.

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Burkina Faso

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Identity

Name origin: name translates as "Land of the Worthy Men," from the Dyula words burkina, or "worthy," and faso, which means "land" or literally "father village," from fa,…

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Geography

Size snapshot: slightly larger than Colorado.

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Analysis

Burkina Faso leads in 67 of 115 shared metrics, while Benin leads in 48.

Benin's High-Tech Exports (%) is 17.6x that of Burkina Faso (30.54% vs 1.6%).

Benin's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 12.3x that of Burkina Faso (0.05 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Benin's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 6.0x that of Burkina Faso (2.5% of GDP vs 0.36% of GDP).

Benin's Electoral Democracy Index is 2.7x that of Burkina Faso (0.49 vs 0.13).

Benin's Liberal Democracy Index is 2.1x that of Burkina Faso (0.32 vs 0.10).

Key Comparisons

High-Tech Exports (%)Benin leads

Benin

30.54%

Burkina Faso

1.6%

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Benin leads

Benin

0.05 per 100k people

Burkina Faso

0.00 per 100k people

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Benin leads

Benin

2.5% of GDP

Burkina Faso

0.36% of GDP

Electoral Democracy IndexBenin leads

Benin

0.49

Burkina Faso

0.13

Liberal Democracy IndexBenin leads

Benin

0.32

Burkina Faso

0.10

Electricity Access (%)Benin leads

Benin

57%

Burkina Faso

21.7%

All Metrics

High-Tech Exports (%)

Benin

30.54%

Burkina Faso

1.6%

1756% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Benin

0.05 per 100k people

Burkina Faso

0.00 per 100k people

1225% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Benin

2.5% of GDP

Burkina Faso

0.36% of GDP

605% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Benin

0.49

Burkina Faso

0.13

268% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Benin

0.32

Burkina Faso

0.10

214% higher

Electricity Access (%)

Benin

57%

Burkina Faso

21.7%

163% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Benin

0.68

Burkina Faso

0.26

159% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Benin

0.40 per 1k

Burkina Faso

0.20 per 1k

100% higher

Internet Users (%)

Benin

32%

Burkina Faso

17%

88% higher

Capital Elevation

Burkina Faso

Benin

38 m

Burkina Faso

305 m

88% lower

Military Spending

Burkina Faso

Benin

0.72% of GDP

Burkina Faso

4.7% of GDP

85% lower

Urban Population (%)

Benin

52.55%

Burkina Faso

28.34%

85% higher

Water Withdrawal

Burkina Faso

Benin

0.13 B m³

Burkina Faso

0.82 B m³

84% lower

Water Stress (%)

Burkina Faso

Benin

1.3%

Burkina Faso

6.5%

81% lower

Firms with Female Top Manager

Benin

24.39% of firms

Burkina Faso

13.46% of firms

81% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Benin

15.55 kg/person/yr

Burkina Faso

8.7 kg/person/yr

80% higher

Protected Land (%)

Benin

29.7%

Burkina Faso

16.5%

80% higher

Airports

Burkina Faso

Benin

Burkina Faso

80% lower

Firms Making Informal Payments

Burkina Faso

Benin

4.7% of firms

Burkina Faso

17.76% of firms

73% lower

Milk Consumption per Person

Burkina Faso

Benin

8.4 kg/person/yr

Burkina Faso

29.79 kg/person/yr

72% lower

Comparison of Benin and Burkina Faso across 115 metrics
				Winner
High-Tech Exports (%)	30.54%	1.6%	1756% higher	Benin
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.05 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	1225% higher	Benin
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	0.36% of GDP	605% higher	Benin
Electoral Democracy Index	0.49	0.13	268% higher	Benin
Liberal Democracy Index	0.32	0.10	214% higher	Benin
Electricity Access (%)	57%	21.7%	163% higher	Benin
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.26	159% higher	Benin
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.40 per 1k	0.20 per 1k	100% higher	Benin
Internet Users (%)	32%	17%	88% higher	Benin
Capital Elevation	38 m	305 m	88% lower	Burkina Faso
Military Spending	0.72% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	85% lower	Burkina Faso
Urban Population (%)	52.55%	28.34%	85% higher	Benin
Water Withdrawal	0.13 B m³	0.82 B m³	84% lower	Burkina Faso
Water Stress (%)	1.3%	6.5%	81% lower	Burkina Faso
Firms with Female Top Manager	24.39% of firms	13.46% of firms	81% higher	Benin
Seafood Consumption per Person	15.55 kg/person/yr	8.7 kg/person/yr	80% higher	Benin
Protected Land (%)	29.7%	16.5%	80% higher	Benin
Airports	10	49	80% lower	Burkina Faso
Firms Making Informal Payments	4.7% of firms	17.76% of firms	73% lower	Burkina Faso
Milk Consumption per Person	8.4 kg/person/yr	29.79 kg/person/yr	72% lower	Burkina Faso
Inflation Rate	1.2%	4.2%	71% lower	Burkina Faso
Meat Consumption per Person	20.24 kg/person/yr	12 kg/person/yr	69% higher	Benin
GNI Per Capita	$1,430	$850	68% higher	Benin
Unemployment Rate	1.7%	5.2%	67% lower	Burkina Faso
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Burkina Faso
Vehicles per 1,000 People	40.16 per 1k people	112.17 per 1k people	64% lower	Burkina Faso
Obesity Rate	9.9%	6.1%	62% higher	Benin
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	6.8% of GDP	60% lower	Burkina Faso
Land Area	112.8K km²	273.6K km²	59% lower	Burkina Faso
Smoking Rate	6.3%	14.3%	56% lower	Burkina Faso
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.9% of youth labor force	6.4% of youth labor force	55% lower	Burkina Faso
GDP Growth Rate	7.5%	4.8%	55% higher	Benin
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$4,434.56	$2,895.89	53% higher	Benin
CO2 Per Capita	0.42 t/person/yr	0.28 t/person/yr	52% higher	Benin
Forest Area	29.9K km²	60.7K km²	51% lower	Burkina Faso
Political Corruption Index	0.19	0.37	49% lower	Burkina Faso
Population Density	125.14 /km²	84.16 /km²	49% higher	Benin
Women in Senior Management	23.52% of managers	45.89% of managers	49% lower	Burkina Faso
Women's Political Empowerment	0.88	0.60	47% higher	Benin
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.22 per 1k	0.15 per 1k	47% higher	Benin
Women in Parliament (%)	26.61%	18.31%	45% higher	Benin
Nurses & Midwives	0.59 per 1k	1.0 per 1k	42% lower	Burkina Faso
Electricity Generation	1.0 TWh	1.7 TWh	42% lower	Burkina Faso
Land Border Length	2.1K km	3.6K km	41% lower	Burkina Faso
Health Spending Per Capita	$33.88	$56.76	40% lower	Burkina Faso
Solar Electricity Share	4.0%	6.5%	39% lower	Burkina Faso
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	5.3% of GDP	39% lower	Burkina Faso
Population	15.19M	23.49M	35% lower	Burkina Faso
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.6% of adults	11.6% of adults	34% lower	Burkina Faso
Exports (% GDP)	18.84% of GDP	28.56% of GDP	34% lower	Burkina Faso
Electric Generating Capacity	505.0K kW	749.0K kW	33% lower	Burkina Faso
Border Neighbors	4.0	6.0	33% lower	Burkina Faso
Imports (% GDP)	21.8% of GDP	31.94% of GDP	32% lower	Burkina Faso
Fertility Rate	5.3 children/woman	4.0 children/woman	32% higher	Benin
Credit Card Ownership	3.0% of adults	2.3% of adults	32% higher	Benin
Beer Consumption	0.94 L/person/yr	1.4 L/person/yr	31% lower	Burkina Faso
Railway Length	438 km	622 km	30% lower	Burkina Faso
Sanitation Access (%)	22.25%	31.8%	30% lower	Burkina Faso
Spirits Consumption	0.20 L/person/yr	0.28 L/person/yr	29% lower	Burkina Faso
Birth Rate	39.82 per 1k	31.74 per 1k	25% higher	Benin
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	4.0 sites	25% lower	Burkina Faso
Renewable Energy (%)	54.5%	71.4%	24% lower	Burkina Faso
Adult Literacy Rate	51.38%	41.44%	24% higher	Benin
Agricultural Land (%)	41.83%	53.4%	22% lower	Burkina Faso
Alcohol Consumption	8.8 L/adult/yr	11.27 L/adult/yr	22% lower	Burkina Faso
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	24 days/yr	30 days/yr	20% lower	Burkina Faso
Firms Asked for Bribes	11.36% of firms	14.12% of firms	20% lower	Burkina Faso
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	105.31 kWh/person	131.19 kWh/person	20% lower	Burkina Faso
Energy Use (Per Capita)	375.82 kg oil eq/person	312.93 kg oil eq/person	20% higher	Benin
Forest Coverage (%)	26.47%	22.17%	19% higher	Benin
Government Debt (% GDP)	49.7% of GDP	61.3% of GDP	19% lower	Burkina Faso
Elderly Population (%)	3.1%	2.7%	18% higher	Benin
Suicide Rate	7.1 per 100k	8.5 per 100k	16% lower	Burkina Faso
Corruption Perceptions Index	45 pts	40 pts	13% higher	Benin
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	51.05 µg/m³	58.47 µg/m³	13% lower	Burkina Faso
Human Development Index	0.52	0.46	12% higher	Benin
Teen Birth Rate	77.84 per 1k	87.08 per 1k	11% lower	Burkina Faso
Road Traffic Death Rate	24.8 per 100k	27.8 per 100k	11% lower	Burkina Faso
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.55 hrs/week	46.3 hrs/week	10% lower	Burkina Faso
Highest Elevation	675 m	749 m	10% lower	Burkina Faso
Armed Forces Personnel	12.0K	11.0K	9% higher	Benin
Total CO2 Emissions	7.0 Mt CO2e	6.5 Mt CO2e	9% higher	Benin
Inequality (Gini)	34.4	37.4	8% lower	Burkina Faso
Insufficient Physical Activity	18.02% of adults	16.7% of adults	8% higher	Benin
GDP (Nominal)	$21,482,643,706.42	$23,124,729,853.02	7% lower	Burkina Faso
Firms Hit by Power Outages	86.15% of firms	92.49% of firms	7% lower	Burkina Faso
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	4.1 per 100k	4.4 per 100k	6% lower	Burkina Faso
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	126 per 100 people	119 per 100 people	6% higher	Benin
Infant Mortality	46.4 per 1k births	44.8 per 1k births	4% higher	Benin
Irrigated Land	530 km²	550 km²	4% lower	Burkina Faso
Electricity Carbon Intensity	584.16 gCO2/kWh	562.13 gCO2/kWh	4% higher	Benin
Median Age	17.8 years	17.3 years	3% higher	Benin
Death Rate	7.5 per 1k	7.2 per 1k	3% higher	Benin
University Enrollment Rate	10.23%	10.04%	2% higher	Benin
Hypertension Prevalence	31.2% of adults	30.7% of adults	2% higher	Benin
Mobile Money Accounts	44.87% of adults	44.16% of adults	2% higher	Benin
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.56% of adults	98.32% of adults	2% lower	Burkina Faso
Food Waste per Person	129.91 kg/person/yr	132.79 kg/person/yr	2% lower	Burkina Faso
Child Mortality	77.9 per 1k births	77.3 per 1k births	1% higher	Benin
Dependency Ratio	80.74% of working-age pop.	80.03% of working-age pop.	1% higher	Benin
Scientific Publications	413.69	411.23	1% higher	Benin
Life Expectancy	60.8 years	61.1 years	1% lower	Burkina Faso
Life Evaluation Score	4.4 pts	4.5 pts	1% lower	Burkina Faso
Youth Population (%)	41.55%	41.8%	1% lower	Burkina Faso
Digital Payments Used	47.75% of adults	48.44% of adults	1% lower	Burkina Faso
Informal Employment Share	96.35% of employed people	95.09% of employed people	1% higher	Benin
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Burkina Faso
Coastline Length	121 km	0 km	ranked higher	Benin
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked lower	Burkina Faso
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked lower	Burkina Faso
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Burkina Faso
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked lower	Burkina Faso
Lowest Elevation	0 m	200 m	ranked lower	Burkina Faso
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.7% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Burkina Faso
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked lower	Burkina Faso

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Analysis

Burkina Faso leads in 67 of 115 shared metrics, while Benin leads in 48.

Benin's High-Tech Exports (%) is 17.6x that of Burkina Faso (30.54% vs 1.6%).

Benin's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 12.3x that of Burkina Faso (0.05 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Benin's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 6.0x that of Burkina Faso (2.5% of GDP vs 0.36% of GDP).

Benin's Electoral Democracy Index is 2.7x that of Burkina Faso (0.49 vs 0.13).

Benin's Liberal Democracy Index is 2.1x that of Burkina Faso (0.32 vs 0.10).

Key Comparisons

High-Tech Exports (%)Benin leads

Benin

30.54%

Burkina Faso

1.6%

Benin

0.05 per 100k people

Burkina Faso

0.00 per 100k people

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Benin leads

Benin

2.5% of GDP

Burkina Faso

0.36% of GDP

Electoral Democracy IndexBenin leads

Benin

0.49

Burkina Faso

0.13

Liberal Democracy IndexBenin leads

Benin

0.32

Burkina Faso

0.10

Electricity Access (%)Benin leads

Benin

57%

Burkina Faso

21.7%

High-Tech Exports (%)

30.54%

1.6%

0.05 per 100k people

0.00 per 100k people

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.5% of GDP

0.36% of GDP

Electoral Democracy Index

0.49

0.13

Liberal Democracy Index

0.32

0.10

Electricity Access (%)

57%

21.7%

Freedom of Expression Index

0.68

0.26

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

0.40 per 1k

0.20 per 1k

Internet Users (%)

32%

17%

Capital Elevation

38 m

305 m

Military Spending

0.72% of GDP

4.7% of GDP

Urban Population (%)

52.55%

28.34%

Water Withdrawal

0.13 B m³

0.82 B m³

Water Stress (%)

1.3%

6.5%

Firms with Female Top Manager

24.39% of firms

13.46% of firms

Seafood Consumption per Person

15.55 kg/person/yr

8.7 kg/person/yr

Protected Land (%)

29.7%

16.5%

Airports

Firms Making Informal Payments

4.7% of firms

17.76% of firms

Milk Consumption per Person

8.4 kg/person/yr

29.79 kg/person/yr

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Benin

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

High-Tech Exports (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Electoral Democracy Index

Liberal Democracy Index

Electricity Access (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Internet Users (%)

Capital Elevation

Military Spending

Urban Population (%)

Water Withdrawal

Water Stress (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Seafood Consumption per Person

Protected Land (%)

Airports

Firms Making Informal Payments

Milk Consumption per Person

Inflation Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

GNI Per Capita

Unemployment Rate

Official Languages Count

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Obesity Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Land Area

Smoking Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

GDP Growth Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

CO2 Per Capita

Forest Area

Political Corruption Index

Population Density

Women in Senior Management

Women's Political Empowerment

Doctors (per 1,000)

Women in Parliament (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Electricity Generation

Land Border Length

Health Spending Per Capita

Solar Electricity Share

Education Spending (% GDP)

Population

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Exports (% GDP)

Electric Generating Capacity

Border Neighbors

Imports (% GDP)

Fertility Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Beer Consumption

Railway Length

Sanitation Access (%)

Spirits Consumption

Birth Rate

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Renewable Energy (%)

Adult Literacy Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Firms Asked for Bribes

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Forest Coverage (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Elderly Population (%)