Benin
Quick notes before you compare the numbers.
Identity
Formal name: Republic of Benin.
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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Quick notes before you compare the numbers.
Identity
Formal name: Republic of Benin.
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.
Quick notes before you compare the numbers.
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,…
Geography
Size snapshot: slightly larger than Colorado.
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).
Benin
30.54%
Burkina Faso
1.6%
Benin
0.05 per 100k people
Burkina Faso
0.00 per 100k people
Benin
2.5% of GDP
Burkina Faso
0.36% of GDP
Benin
0.49
Burkina Faso
0.13
Benin
0.32
Burkina Faso
0.10
Benin
57%
Burkina Faso
21.7%
Benin
30.54%
Burkina Faso
1.6%
1756% higher
Benin
0.05 per 100k people
Burkina Faso
0.00 per 100k people
1225% higher
Benin
2.5% of GDP
Burkina Faso
0.36% of GDP
605% higher
Benin
0.49
Burkina Faso
0.13
268% higher
Benin
0.32
Burkina Faso
0.10
214% higher
Benin
57%
Burkina Faso
21.7%
163% higher
Benin
0.68
Burkina Faso
0.26
159% higher
Benin
0.40 per 1k
Burkina Faso
0.20 per 1k
100% higher
Benin
32%
Burkina Faso
17%
88% higher
Benin
38 m
Burkina Faso
305 m
88% lower
Benin
0.72% of GDP
Burkina Faso
4.7% of GDP
85% lower
Benin
52.55%
Burkina Faso
28.34%
85% higher
Benin
0.13 B m³
Burkina Faso
0.82 B m³
84% lower
Benin
1.3%
Burkina Faso
6.5%
81% lower
Benin
24.39% of firms
Burkina Faso
13.46% of firms
81% higher
Benin
15.55 kg/person/yr
Burkina Faso
8.7 kg/person/yr
80% higher
Benin
29.7%
Burkina Faso
16.5%
80% higher
Benin
10
Burkina Faso
49
80% lower
Benin
4.7% of firms
Burkina Faso
17.76% of firms
73% lower
Benin
8.4 kg/person/yr
Burkina Faso
29.79 kg/person/yr
72% lower
Benin
1.2%
Burkina Faso
4.2%
71% lower
Benin
20.24 kg/person/yr
Burkina Faso
12 kg/person/yr
69% higher
Benin
$1,430
Burkina Faso
$850
68% higher
Benin
1.7%
Burkina Faso
5.2%
67% lower
Benin
1.0
Burkina Faso
3.0
67% lower
Benin
40.16 per 1k people
Burkina Faso
112.17 per 1k people
64% lower
Benin
9.9%
Burkina Faso
6.1%
62% higher
Benin
2.7% of GDP
Burkina Faso
6.8% of GDP
60% lower
Benin
112.8K km²
Burkina Faso
273.6K km²
59% lower
Benin
6.3%
Burkina Faso
14.3%
56% lower
Benin
2.9% of youth labor force
Burkina Faso
6.4% of youth labor force
55% lower
Benin
7.5%
Burkina Faso
4.8%
55% higher
Benin
$4,434.56
Burkina Faso
$2,895.89
53% higher
Benin
0.42 t/person/yr
Burkina Faso
0.28 t/person/yr
52% higher
Benin
29.9K km²
Burkina Faso
60.7K km²
51% lower
Benin
0.19
Burkina Faso
0.37
49% lower
Benin
125.14 /km²
Burkina Faso
84.16 /km²
49% higher
Benin
23.52% of managers
Burkina Faso
45.89% of managers
49% lower
Benin
0.88
Burkina Faso
0.60
47% higher
Benin
0.22 per 1k
Burkina Faso
0.15 per 1k
47% higher
Benin
26.61%
Burkina Faso
18.31%
45% higher
Benin
0.59 per 1k
Burkina Faso
1.0 per 1k
42% lower
Benin
1.0 TWh
Burkina Faso
1.7 TWh
42% lower
Benin
2.1K km
Burkina Faso
3.6K km
41% lower
Benin
$33.88
Burkina Faso
$56.76
40% lower
Benin
4.0%
Burkina Faso
6.5%
39% lower
Benin
3.2% of GDP
Burkina Faso
5.3% of GDP
39% lower
Benin
15.19M
Burkina Faso
23.49M
35% lower
Benin
7.6% of adults
Burkina Faso
11.6% of adults
34% lower
Benin
18.84% of GDP
Burkina Faso
28.56% of GDP
34% lower
Benin
505.0K kW
Burkina Faso
749.0K kW
33% lower
Benin
4.0
Burkina Faso
6.0
33% lower
Benin
21.8% of GDP
Burkina Faso
31.94% of GDP
32% lower
Benin
5.3 children/woman
Burkina Faso
4.0 children/woman
32% higher
Benin
3.0% of adults
Burkina Faso
2.3% of adults
32% higher
Benin
0.94 L/person/yr
Burkina Faso
1.4 L/person/yr
31% lower
Benin
438 km
Burkina Faso
622 km
30% lower
Benin
22.25%
Burkina Faso
31.8%
30% lower
Benin
0.20 L/person/yr
Burkina Faso
0.28 L/person/yr
29% lower
Benin
39.82 per 1k
Burkina Faso
31.74 per 1k
25% higher
Benin
3.0 sites
Burkina Faso
4.0 sites
25% lower
Benin
54.5%
Burkina Faso
71.4%
24% lower
Benin
51.38%
Burkina Faso
41.44%
24% higher
Benin
41.83%
Burkina Faso
53.4%
22% lower
Benin
8.8 L/adult/yr
Burkina Faso
11.27 L/adult/yr
22% lower
Benin
24 days/yr
Burkina Faso
30 days/yr
20% lower
Benin
11.36% of firms
Burkina Faso
14.12% of firms
20% lower
Benin
105.31 kWh/person
Burkina Faso
131.19 kWh/person
20% lower
Benin
375.82 kg oil eq/person
Burkina Faso
312.93 kg oil eq/person
20% higher
Benin
26.47%
Burkina Faso
22.17%
19% higher
Benin
49.7% of GDP
Burkina Faso
61.3% of GDP
19% lower
Benin
3.1%
Burkina Faso
2.7%
18% higher
Benin
7.1 per 100k
Burkina Faso
8.5 per 100k
16% lower
Benin
45 pts
Burkina Faso
40 pts
13% higher
Benin
51.05 µg/m³
Burkina Faso
58.47 µg/m³
13% lower
Benin
0.52
Burkina Faso
0.46
12% higher
Benin
77.84 per 1k
Burkina Faso
87.08 per 1k
11% lower
Benin
24.8 per 100k
Burkina Faso
27.8 per 100k
11% lower
Benin
41.55 hrs/week
Burkina Faso
46.3 hrs/week
10% lower
Benin
675 m
Burkina Faso
749 m
10% lower
Benin
12.0K
Burkina Faso
11.0K
9% higher
Benin
7.0 Mt CO2e
Burkina Faso
6.5 Mt CO2e
9% higher
Benin
34.4
Burkina Faso
37.4
8% lower
Benin
18.02% of adults
Burkina Faso
16.7% of adults
8% higher
Benin
$21,482,643,706.42
Burkina Faso
$23,124,729,853.02
7% lower
Benin
86.15% of firms
Burkina Faso
92.49% of firms
7% lower
Benin
4.1 per 100k
Burkina Faso
4.4 per 100k
6% lower
Benin
126 per 100 people
Burkina Faso
119 per 100 people
6% higher
Benin
46.4 per 1k births
Burkina Faso
44.8 per 1k births
4% higher
Benin
530 km²
Burkina Faso
550 km²
4% lower
Benin
584.16 gCO2/kWh
Burkina Faso
562.13 gCO2/kWh
4% higher
Benin
17.8 years
Burkina Faso
17.3 years
3% higher
Benin
7.5 per 1k
Burkina Faso
7.2 per 1k
3% higher
Benin
10.23%
Burkina Faso
10.04%
2% higher
Benin
31.2% of adults
Burkina Faso
30.7% of adults
2% higher
Benin
44.87% of adults
Burkina Faso
44.16% of adults
2% higher
Benin
96.56% of adults
Burkina Faso
98.32% of adults
2% lower
Benin
129.91 kg/person/yr
Burkina Faso
132.79 kg/person/yr
2% lower
Benin
77.9 per 1k births
Burkina Faso
77.3 per 1k births
1% higher
Benin
80.74% of working-age pop.
Burkina Faso
80.03% of working-age pop.
1% higher
Benin
413.69
Burkina Faso
411.23
1% higher
Benin
60.8 years
Burkina Faso
61.1 years
1% lower
Benin
4.4 pts
Burkina Faso
4.5 pts
1% lower
Benin
41.55%
Burkina Faso
41.8%
1% lower
Benin
47.75% of adults
Burkina Faso
48.44% of adults
1% lower
Benin
96.35% of employed people
Burkina Faso
95.09% of employed people
1% higher
Benin
2.0 time zones
Burkina Faso
2.0 time zones
equal
Benin
121 km
Burkina Faso
0 km
ranked higher
Benin
0%
Burkina Faso
0%
ranked lower
Benin
0%
Burkina Faso
0%
ranked lower
Benin
202 per 100 people
Burkina Faso
202 per 100 people
equal
Benin
0 per 1M people
Burkina Faso
0 per 1M people
ranked lower
Benin
0 m
Burkina Faso
200 m
ranked lower
Benin
-5.7% of GDP
Burkina Faso
6.7% of GDP
ranked lower
Benin
0 per 1M people
Burkina Faso
0 per 1M people
ranked lower
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