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Benin vs Niger

113 shared metrics.

BeninLeads in 69

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NigerLeads in 44

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Benin

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Benin.

CIA 2026

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.

CIA 2026

Niger

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Niger.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Niger remains near the top of global fertility tables, with around six births per woman in recent estimates.

World Bank

Analysis

Benin leads in 69 of 113 shared metrics, while Niger leads in 44.

Benin's Broadband Access (%) is 1876.3x that of Niger (202 per 100 people vs 0.11 per 100 people).

Benin's Alcohol Consumption is 66.9x that of Niger (8.8 L/adult/yr vs 0.13 L/adult/yr).

Benin's Forest Coverage (%) is 31.2x that of Niger (26.47% vs 0.82%).

Benin's Beer Consumption is 30.9x that of Niger (0.94 L/person/yr vs 0.03 L/person/yr).

Benin's Seafood Consumption per Person is 7.4x that of Niger (15.55 kg/person/yr vs 1.9 kg/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Benin leads

Benin

202 per 100 people

Niger

0.11 per 100 people

Alcohol ConsumptionBenin leads

Benin

8.8 L/adult/yr

Niger

0.13 L/adult/yr

Forest Coverage (%)Benin leads

Benin

26.47%

Niger

0.82%

Beer ConsumptionBenin leads

Benin

0.94 L/person/yr

Niger

0.03 L/person/yr

Seafood Consumption per PersonBenin leads

Benin

15.55 kg/person/yr

Niger

1.9 kg/person/yr

Mobile Money AccountsBenin leads

Benin

44.87% of adults

Niger

5.7% of adults

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Benin

202 per 100 people

Niger

0.11 per 100 people

187632% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Benin

8.8 L/adult/yr

Niger

0.13 L/adult/yr

6692% higher

Forest Coverage (%)

Benin

26.47%

Niger

0.82%

3117% higher

Beer Consumption

Benin

0.94 L/person/yr

Niger

0.03 L/person/yr

3092% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Benin

15.55 kg/person/yr

Niger

1.9 kg/person/yr

741% higher

Mobile Money Accounts

Benin

44.87% of adults

Niger

5.7% of adults

687% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Benin

3.0% of adults

Niger

0.47% of adults

539% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Benin

2.9% of youth labor force

Niger

0.46% of youth labor force

532% higher

Population Density

Benin

125.14 /km²

Niger

20.65 /km²

506% higher

Scientific Publications

Benin

413.69

Niger

73.56

462% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Benin

0.22 per 1k

Niger

0.04 per 1k

450% higher

Unemployment Rate

Benin

1.7%

Niger

0.35%

385% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Benin

0.05 per 100k people

Niger

0.01 per 100k people

382% higher

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

Spirits Consumption

Benin

0.20 L/person/yr

Niger

0.05 L/person/yr

312% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Benin

11.36% of firms

Niger

2.9% of firms

298% higher

Digital Payments Used

Benin

47.75% of adults

Niger

12.26% of adults

289% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Benin

0.42 t/person/yr

Niger

0.12 t/person/yr

258% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Benin

30.54%

Niger

8.6%

254% higher

Nurses & Midwives

Benin

0.59 per 1k

Niger

0.20 per 1k

195% higher

Urban Population (%)

Benin

52.55%

Niger

18.05%

191% higher

Comparison of Benin and Niger across 113 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	0.11 per 100 people	187632% higher	Benin
Alcohol Consumption	8.8 L/adult/yr	0.13 L/adult/yr	6692% higher	Benin
Forest Coverage (%)	26.47%	0.82%	3117% higher	Benin
Beer Consumption	0.94 L/person/yr	0.03 L/person/yr	3092% higher	Benin
Seafood Consumption per Person	15.55 kg/person/yr	1.9 kg/person/yr	741% higher	Benin
Mobile Money Accounts	44.87% of adults	5.7% of adults	687% higher	Benin
Credit Card Ownership	3.0% of adults	0.47% of adults	539% higher	Benin
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.9% of youth labor force	0.46% of youth labor force	532% higher	Benin
Population Density	125.14 /km²	20.65 /km²	506% higher	Benin
Scientific Publications	413.69	73.56	462% higher	Benin
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.22 per 1k	0.04 per 1k	450% higher	Benin
Unemployment Rate	1.7%	0.35%	385% higher	Benin
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.05 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	382% higher	Benin
Spirits Consumption	0.20 L/person/yr	0.05 L/person/yr	312% higher	Benin
Firms Asked for Bribes	11.36% of firms	2.9% of firms	298% higher	Benin
Digital Payments Used	47.75% of adults	12.26% of adults	289% higher	Benin
CO2 Per Capita	0.42 t/person/yr	0.12 t/person/yr	258% higher	Benin
High-Tech Exports (%)	30.54%	8.6%	254% higher	Benin
Nurses & Midwives	0.59 per 1k	0.20 per 1k	195% higher	Benin
Urban Population (%)	52.55%	18.05%	191% higher	Benin
Forest Area	29.9K km²	10.4K km²	186% higher	Benin
Electricity Access (%)	57%	20.1%	184% higher	Benin
Energy Use (Per Capita)	375.82 kg oil eq/person	162.05 kg oil eq/person	132% higher	Benin
Total CO2 Emissions	7.0 Mt CO2e	3.2 Mt CO2e	119% higher	Benin
Electoral Democracy Index	0.49	0.23	117% higher	Benin
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$4,434.56	$2,049.93	116% higher	Benin
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	4.1 per 100k	1.9 per 100k	113% higher	Benin
GNI Per Capita	$1,430	$680	110% higher	Benin
Water Stress (%)	1.3%	73.81%	98% lower	Niger
Water Withdrawal	0.13 B m³	2.6 B m³	95% lower	Niger
Land Area	112.8K km²	1.27M km²	91% lower	Niger
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	126 per 100 people	66 per 100 people	91% higher	Benin
Vehicles per 1,000 People	40.16 per 1k people	21.1 per 1k people	90% higher	Benin
Inflation Rate	1.2%	9.1%	87% lower	Niger
Obesity Rate	9.9%	5.3%	86% higher	Benin
Milk Consumption per Person	8.4 kg/person/yr	58.92 kg/person/yr	86% lower	Niger
Liberal Democracy Index	0.32	0.18	82% higher	Benin
Capital Elevation	38 m	207 m	82% lower	Niger
Irrigated Land	530 km²	2.9K km²	82% lower	Niger
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	105.31 kWh/person	62.42 kWh/person	69% higher	Benin
Political Corruption Index	0.19	0.59	68% lower	Niger
Military Spending	0.72% of GDP	2.2% of GDP	68% lower	Niger
Highest Elevation	675 m	2.0K m	67% lower	Niger
Firms with Female Top Manager	24.39% of firms	14.64% of firms	67% higher	Benin
Land Border Length	2.1K km	5.8K km	64% lower	Niger
Protected Land (%)	29.7%	18.2%	63% higher	Benin
Airports	10	26	62% lower	Niger
Meat Consumption per Person	20.24 kg/person/yr	12.75 kg/person/yr	59% higher	Benin
Suicide Rate	7.1 per 100k	4.5 per 100k	59% higher	Benin
Teen Birth Rate	77.84 per 1k	145.32 per 1k	46% lower	Niger
Corruption Perceptions Index	45 pts	31 pts	45% higher	Benin
Population	15.19M	27.32M	44% lower	Niger
Adult Literacy Rate	51.38%	35.61%	44% higher	Benin
Border Neighbors	4.0	7.0	43% lower	Niger
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	51.05 µg/m³	85.12 µg/m³	40% lower	Niger
Internet Users (%)	32%	23%	39% higher	Benin
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	38% lower	Niger
Sanitation Access (%)	22.25%	16.34%	36% higher	Benin
Electric Generating Capacity	505.0K kW	377.0K kW	34% higher	Benin
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.40 per 1k	0.30 per 1k	33% higher	Benin
Child Mortality	77.9 per 1k births	114.8 per 1k births	32% lower	Niger
Renewable Energy (%)	54.5%	79.6%	32% lower	Niger
Exports (% GDP)	18.84% of GDP	27.32% of GDP	31% lower	Niger
Infant Mortality	46.4 per 1k births	67.4 per 1k births	31% lower	Niger
GDP Growth Rate	7.5%	10.3%	28% lower	Niger
Health Spending Per Capita	$33.88	$26.51	28% higher	Benin
Hypertension Prevalence	31.2% of adults	42.3% of adults	26% lower	Niger
Solar Electricity Share	4.0%	3.2%	25% higher	Benin
Electricity Generation	1.0 TWh	0.80 TWh	25% higher	Benin
Women's Political Empowerment	0.88	0.71	24% higher	Benin
Human Development Index	0.52	0.42	23% higher	Benin
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	21% lower	Niger
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	24 days/yr	30 days/yr	20% lower	Niger
Armed Forces Personnel	12.0K	10.0K	20% higher	Benin
Elderly Population (%)	3.1%	2.6%	20% higher	Benin
Death Rate	7.5 per 1k	9.2 per 1k	19% lower	Niger
Fertility Rate	5.3 children/woman	6.5 children/woman	19% lower	Niger
Smoking Rate	6.3%	7.7%	18% lower	Niger
Dependency Ratio	80.74% of working-age pop.	96.83% of working-age pop.	17% lower	Niger
Median Age	17.8 years	15.3 years	17% higher	Benin
Firms Hit by Power Outages	86.15% of firms	75.11% of firms	15% higher	Benin
Agricultural Land (%)	41.83%	36.79%	14% higher	Benin
Birth Rate	39.82 per 1k	46.29 per 1k	14% lower	Niger
Electricity Carbon Intensity	584.16 gCO2/kWh	673.68 gCO2/kWh	13% lower	Niger
Firms Making Informal Payments	4.7% of firms	5.4% of firms	13% lower	Niger
Life Evaluation Score	4.4 pts	4.9 pts	11% lower	Niger
Youth Population (%)	41.55%	46.6%	11% lower	Niger
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.76	11% lower	Niger
Government Debt (% GDP)	49.7% of GDP	45.2% of GDP	10% higher	Benin
Women in Senior Management	23.52% of managers	21.62% of managers	9% higher	Benin
GDP (Nominal)	$21,482,643,706.42	$19,876,128,485.79	8% higher	Benin
Inequality (Gini)	34.4	32.9	5% higher	Benin
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.55 hrs/week	39.72 hrs/week	5% higher	Benin
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	2.6% of GDP	5% lower	Niger
Imports (% GDP)	21.8% of GDP	22.65% of GDP	4% lower	Niger
Women in Parliament (%)	26.61%	25.9%	3% higher	Benin
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.56% of adults	94.64% of adults	2% higher	Benin
Informal Employment Share	96.35% of employed people	98.49% of employed people	2% lower	Niger
Food Waste per Person	129.91 kg/person/yr	132.82 kg/person/yr	2% lower	Niger
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.6% of adults	7.5% of adults	1% higher	Benin
Life Expectancy	60.8 years	61.2 years	1% lower	Niger
Insufficient Physical Activity	18.02% of adults	17.84% of adults	1% higher	Benin
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Benin
Coastline Length	121 km	0 km	ranked higher	Benin
Coal Electricity Share	0%	17.89%	ranked lower	Niger
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Benin
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Benin
Lowest Elevation	0 m	200 m	ranked lower	Niger
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Benin
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.7% of GDP	-5% of GDP	ranked lower	Niger
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	3.0 sites	equal	Benin
Road Traffic Death Rate	24.8 per 100k	24.9 per 100k	equal	Niger
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Benin

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Analysis

Benin leads in 69 of 113 shared metrics, while Niger leads in 44.

Benin's Broadband Access (%) is 1876.3x that of Niger (202 per 100 people vs 0.11 per 100 people).

Benin's Alcohol Consumption is 66.9x that of Niger (8.8 L/adult/yr vs 0.13 L/adult/yr).

Benin's Forest Coverage (%) is 31.2x that of Niger (26.47% vs 0.82%).

Benin's Beer Consumption is 30.9x that of Niger (0.94 L/person/yr vs 0.03 L/person/yr).

Benin's Seafood Consumption per Person is 7.4x that of Niger (15.55 kg/person/yr vs 1.9 kg/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Benin leads

Benin

202 per 100 people

Niger

0.11 per 100 people

Alcohol ConsumptionBenin leads

Benin

8.8 L/adult/yr

Niger

0.13 L/adult/yr

Forest Coverage (%)Benin leads

Benin

26.47%

Niger

0.82%

Beer ConsumptionBenin leads

Benin

0.94 L/person/yr

Niger

0.03 L/person/yr

Seafood Consumption per PersonBenin leads

Benin

15.55 kg/person/yr

Niger

1.9 kg/person/yr

Mobile Money AccountsBenin leads

Benin

44.87% of adults

Niger

5.7% of adults

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

0.11 per 100 people

Alcohol Consumption

8.8 L/adult/yr

0.13 L/adult/yr

Forest Coverage (%)

26.47%

0.82%

Beer Consumption

0.94 L/person/yr

0.03 L/person/yr

Seafood Consumption per Person

15.55 kg/person/yr

1.9 kg/person/yr

Mobile Money Accounts

44.87% of adults

5.7% of adults

Credit Card Ownership

3.0% of adults

0.47% of adults

Youth Unemployment Rate

2.9% of youth labor force

0.46% of youth labor force

Population Density

125.14 /km²

20.65 /km²

Scientific Publications

413.69

73.56

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.22 per 1k

0.04 per 1k

Unemployment Rate

1.7%

0.35%

0.05 per 100k people

0.01 per 100k people

Spirits Consumption

0.20 L/person/yr

0.05 L/person/yr

Firms Asked for Bribes

11.36% of firms

2.9% of firms

Digital Payments Used

47.75% of adults

12.26% of adults

CO2 Per Capita

0.42 t/person/yr

0.12 t/person/yr

High-Tech Exports (%)

30.54%

8.6%

Nurses & Midwives

0.59 per 1k

0.20 per 1k

Urban Population (%)

52.55%

18.05%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Forest Coverage (%)

Beer Consumption

Seafood Consumption per Person

Mobile Money Accounts

Credit Card Ownership

Youth Unemployment Rate

Population Density

Scientific Publications

Doctors (per 1,000)

Unemployment Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Spirits Consumption

Firms Asked for Bribes

Digital Payments Used

CO2 Per Capita

High-Tech Exports (%)

Nurses & Midwives

Urban Population (%)

Forest Area

Electricity Access (%)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Total CO2 Emissions

Electoral Democracy Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

GNI Per Capita

Water Stress (%)

Water Withdrawal

Land Area

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Inflation Rate

Obesity Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Liberal Democracy Index

Capital Elevation

Irrigated Land

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Political Corruption Index

Military Spending

Highest Elevation

Firms with Female Top Manager

Land Border Length

Protected Land (%)

Airports

Meat Consumption per Person

Suicide Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Population

Adult Literacy Rate

Border Neighbors

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Internet Users (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Sanitation Access (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Child Mortality

Renewable Energy (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Infant Mortality

GDP Growth Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Hypertension Prevalence

Solar Electricity Share

Electricity Generation

Women's Political Empowerment

Human Development Index

Education Spending (% GDP)