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Benin vs Nigeria

113 shared metrics.

BeninLeads in 48

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NigeriaLeads in 65

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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

Nigeria

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Nigeria.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Nigeria is projected to overtake the U.S. in population around 2050.

UN DESA

Analysis

Nigeria leads in 65 of 113 shared metrics, while Benin leads in 48.

Benin's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 25.5x that of Nigeria (0.05 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Benin's Solar Electricity Share is 11.8x that of Nigeria (4.0% vs 0.31%).

Benin's High-Tech Exports (%) is 10.3x that of Nigeria (30.54% vs 2.7%).

Benin's Education Spending (% GDP) is 9.1x that of Nigeria (3.2% of GDP vs 0.32% of GDP).

Benin's Women in Parliament (%) is 5.8x that of Nigeria (26.61% vs 3.9%).

Key Comparisons

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

Benin

0.05 per 100k people

Nigeria

0.00 per 100k people

Solar Electricity ShareBenin leads

Benin

4.0%

Nigeria

0.31%

High-Tech Exports (%)Benin leads

Benin

30.54%

Nigeria

2.7%

Education Spending (% GDP)Benin leads

Benin

3.2% of GDP

Nigeria

0.32% of GDP

Women in Parliament (%)Benin leads

Benin

26.61%

Nigeria

3.9%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Benin leads

Benin

2.5% of GDP

Nigeria

0.43% of GDP

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Benin

0.05 per 100k people

Nigeria

0.00 per 100k people

2550% higher

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

Solar Electricity Share

Benin

4.0%

Nigeria

0.31%

1177% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Benin

30.54%

Nigeria

2.7%

1026% higher

Education Spending (% GDP)

Benin

3.2% of GDP

Nigeria

0.32% of GDP

912% higher

Women in Parliament (%)

Benin

26.61%

Nigeria

3.9%

580% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Benin

2.5% of GDP

Nigeria

0.43% of GDP

490% higher

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Benin

24 days/yr

Nigeria

5.0 days/yr

380% higher

Meat Consumption per Person

Benin

20.24 kg/person/yr

Nigeria

7.2 kg/person/yr

183% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Benin

49.7% of GDP

Nigeria

19.6% of GDP

154% higher

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Benin

7.6% of adults

Nigeria

3.2% of adults

137% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Benin

8.8 L/adult/yr

Nigeria

3.8 L/adult/yr

134% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Benin

15.55 kg/person/yr

Nigeria

6.7 kg/person/yr

133% higher

Protected Land (%)

Benin

29.7%

Nigeria

13.9%

114% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Nigeria

Benin

6.0

Nigeria

928

99% lower

Water Withdrawal

Nigeria

Benin

0.13 B m³

Nigeria

12.47 B m³

99% lower

Electricity Generation

Nigeria

Benin

1.0 TWh

Nigeria

40.13 TWh

98% lower

Inflation Rate

Nigeria

Benin

1.2%

Nigeria

33.2%

96% lower

Scientific Publications

Nigeria

Benin

413.69

Nigeria

9.4K

96% lower

Armed Forces Personnel

Nigeria

Benin

12.0K

Nigeria

223.0K

95% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Nigeria

Benin

7.0 Mt CO2e

Nigeria

131.91 Mt CO2e

95% lower

Comparison of Benin and Nigeria across 113 metrics
				Winner
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.05 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	2550% higher	Benin
Solar Electricity Share	4.0%	0.31%	1177% higher	Benin
High-Tech Exports (%)	30.54%	2.7%	1026% higher	Benin
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	0.32% of GDP	912% higher	Benin
Women in Parliament (%)	26.61%	3.9%	580% higher	Benin
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	0.43% of GDP	490% higher	Benin
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	24 days/yr	5.0 days/yr	380% higher	Benin
Meat Consumption per Person	20.24 kg/person/yr	7.2 kg/person/yr	183% higher	Benin
Government Debt (% GDP)	49.7% of GDP	19.6% of GDP	154% higher	Benin
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.6% of adults	3.2% of adults	137% higher	Benin
Alcohol Consumption	8.8 L/adult/yr	3.8 L/adult/yr	134% higher	Benin
Seafood Consumption per Person	15.55 kg/person/yr	6.7 kg/person/yr	133% higher	Benin
Protected Land (%)	29.7%	13.9%	114% higher	Benin
Merchant Fleet Size	6.0	928	99% lower	Nigeria
Water Withdrawal	0.13 B m³	12.47 B m³	99% lower	Nigeria
Electricity Generation	1.0 TWh	40.13 TWh	98% lower	Nigeria
Inflation Rate	1.2%	33.2%	96% lower	Nigeria
Scientific Publications	413.69	9.4K	96% lower	Nigeria
Armed Forces Personnel	12.0K	223.0K	95% lower	Nigeria
Total CO2 Emissions	7.0 Mt CO2e	131.91 Mt CO2e	95% lower	Nigeria
Population	15.19M	244.34M	94% lower	Nigeria
Smoking Rate	6.3%	3.3%	91% higher	Benin
GDP (Nominal)	$21,482,643,706.42	$252,261,880,141.15	91% lower	Nigeria
Capital Elevation	38 m	360 m	89% lower	Nigeria
Railway Length	438 km	3.8K km	88% lower	Nigeria
Land Area	112.8K km²	910.8K km²	88% lower	Nigeria
Electric Generating Capacity	505.0K kW	4.09M kW	88% lower	Nigeria
Coastline Length	121 km	853 km	86% lower	Nigeria
Forest Area	29.9K km²	211.4K km²	86% lower	Nigeria
Firms Making Informal Payments	4.7% of firms	29.44% of firms	84% lower	Nigeria
GDP Growth Rate	7.5%	4.1%	83% higher	Benin
Beer Consumption	0.94 L/person/yr	0.52 L/person/yr	80% higher	Benin
Airports	10	51	80% lower	Nigeria
Water Stress (%)	1.3%	5.6%	78% lower	Nigeria
Political Corruption Index	0.19	0.83	77% lower	Nigeria
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	126 per 100 people	71 per 100 people	77% higher	Benin
Irrigated Land	530 km²	2.2K km²	76% lower	Nigeria
Corruption Perceptions Index	45 pts	26 pts	73% higher	Benin
Highest Elevation	675 m	2.4K m	72% lower	Nigeria
Firms with Female Top Manager	24.39% of firms	14.27% of firms	71% higher	Benin
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	4.1 per 100k	13.57 per 100k	70% lower	Nigeria
Nurses & Midwives	0.59 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	65% lower	Nigeria
Health Spending Per Capita	$33.88	$90.92	63% lower	Nigeria
Sanitation Access (%)	22.25%	47.9%	54% lower	Nigeria
Land Border Length	2.1K km	4.5K km	53% lower	Nigeria
Spirits Consumption	0.20 L/person/yr	0.41 L/person/yr	52% lower	Nigeria
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$4,434.56	$9,086.88	51% lower	Nigeria
Population Density	125.14 /km²	250.21 /km²	50% lower	Nigeria
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	2.0 sites	50% higher	Benin
Firms Asked for Bribes	11.36% of firms	22.39% of firms	49% lower	Nigeria
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.9% of youth labor force	5.3% of youth labor force	46% lower	Nigeria
Agricultural Land (%)	41.83%	76.2%	45% lower	Nigeria
Road Traffic Death Rate	24.8 per 100k	17.2 per 100k	44% higher	Benin
Suicide Rate	7.1 per 100k	5.0 per 100k	43% higher	Benin
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.22 per 1k	0.38 per 1k	42% lower	Nigeria
Unemployment Rate	1.7%	3.0%	42% lower	Nigeria
Safe Drinking Water (%)	17.7%	29.9%	41% lower	Nigeria
Women in Senior Management	23.52% of managers	37.86% of managers	38% lower	Nigeria
Mobile Money Accounts	44.87% of adults	32.79% of adults	37% higher	Benin
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	4.3% of GDP	37% lower	Nigeria
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	Nigeria
Vehicles per 1,000 People	40.16 per 1k people	60.03 per 1k people	33% lower	Nigeria
Renewable Energy (%)	54.5%	80.3%	32% lower	Nigeria
Military Spending	0.72% of GDP	0.56% of GDP	30% higher	Benin
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.56% of adults	75.04% of adults	29% higher	Benin
CO2 Per Capita	0.42 t/person/yr	0.58 t/person/yr	28% lower	Nigeria
Electricity Carbon Intensity	584.16 gCO2/kWh	455.71 gCO2/kWh	28% higher	Benin
Adult Literacy Rate	51.38%	70.41%	27% lower	Nigeria
Child Mortality	77.9 per 1k births	104.9 per 1k births	26% lower	Nigeria
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.55 hrs/week	33.5 hrs/week	24% higher	Benin
Infant Mortality	46.4 per 1k births	60.1 per 1k births	23% lower	Nigeria
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	105.31 kWh/person	135.6 kWh/person	22% lower	Nigeria
Death Rate	7.5 per 1k	9.4 per 1k	21% lower	Nigeria
Women's Political Empowerment	0.88	0.73	20% higher	Benin
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.85	20% lower	Nigeria
Birth Rate	39.82 per 1k	33.56 per 1k	19% higher	Benin
Internet Users (%)	32%	39%	18% lower	Nigeria
Urban Population (%)	52.55%	62.98%	17% lower	Nigeria
GNI Per Capita	$1,430	$1,700	16% lower	Nigeria
Food Waste per Person	129.91 kg/person/yr	154.26 kg/person/yr	16% lower	Nigeria
Fertility Rate	5.3 children/woman	4.6 children/woman	15% higher	Benin
Hypertension Prevalence	31.2% of adults	36.1% of adults	14% lower	Nigeria
Forest Coverage (%)	26.47%	23.21%	14% higher	Benin
Energy Use (Per Capita)	375.82 kg oil eq/person	333.06 kg oil eq/person	13% higher	Benin
Life Expectancy	60.8 years	54.5 years	12% higher	Benin
Digital Payments Used	47.75% of adults	54.48% of adults	12% lower	Nigeria
Teen Birth Rate	77.84 per 1k	86.43 per 1k	10% lower	Nigeria
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	51.05 µg/m³	56.53 µg/m³	10% lower	Nigeria
Obesity Rate	9.9%	10.84%	9% lower	Nigeria
Human Development Index	0.52	0.56	8% lower	Nigeria
Life Evaluation Score	4.4 pts	4.8 pts	8% lower	Nigeria
Electricity Access (%)	57%	61.2%	7% lower	Nigeria
Credit Card Ownership	3.0% of adults	3.2% of adults	7% lower	Nigeria
Milk Consumption per Person	8.4 kg/person/yr	7.9 kg/person/yr	6% higher	Benin
Liberal Democracy Index	0.32	0.31	4% higher	Benin
Firms Hit by Power Outages	86.15% of firms	82.49% of firms	4% higher	Benin
Informal Employment Share	96.35% of employed people	93.14% of employed people	3% higher	Benin
Dependency Ratio	80.74% of working-age pop.	78.77% of working-age pop.	2% higher	Benin
Electoral Democracy Index	0.49	0.51	2% lower	Nigeria
Elderly Population (%)	3.1%	3.0%	2% higher	Benin
Inequality (Gini)	34.4	33.9	1% higher	Benin
Youth Population (%)	41.55%	41.01%	1% higher	Benin
Insufficient Physical Activity	18.02% of adults	18.16% of adults	1% lower	Nigeria
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Benin
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Benin
Median Age	17.8 years	17.8 years	equal	Benin
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Benin
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.00 per 1M people	ranked lower	Nigeria
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Benin
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Benin
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.7% of GDP	5.1% of GDP	ranked lower	Nigeria
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0.00 per 1M people	ranked lower	Nigeria
Border Neighbors	4.0	4.0	equal	Benin

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Analysis

Nigeria leads in 65 of 113 shared metrics, while Benin leads in 48.

Benin's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 25.5x that of Nigeria (0.05 per 100k people vs 0.00 per 100k people).

Benin's Solar Electricity Share is 11.8x that of Nigeria (4.0% vs 0.31%).

Benin's High-Tech Exports (%) is 10.3x that of Nigeria (30.54% vs 2.7%).

Benin's Education Spending (% GDP) is 9.1x that of Nigeria (3.2% of GDP vs 0.32% of GDP).

Benin's Women in Parliament (%) is 5.8x that of Nigeria (26.61% vs 3.9%).

Key Comparisons

Benin

0.05 per 100k people

Nigeria

0.00 per 100k people

Solar Electricity ShareBenin leads

Benin

4.0%

Nigeria

0.31%

High-Tech Exports (%)Benin leads

Benin

30.54%

Nigeria

2.7%

Education Spending (% GDP)Benin leads

Benin

3.2% of GDP

Nigeria

0.32% of GDP

Women in Parliament (%)Benin leads

Benin

26.61%

Nigeria

3.9%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Benin leads

Benin

2.5% of GDP

Nigeria

0.43% of GDP

0.05 per 100k people

0.00 per 100k people

Solar Electricity Share

4.0%

0.31%

High-Tech Exports (%)

30.54%

2.7%

Education Spending (% GDP)

3.2% of GDP

0.32% of GDP

Women in Parliament (%)

26.61%

3.9%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.5% of GDP

0.43% of GDP

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

24 days/yr

5.0 days/yr

Meat Consumption per Person

20.24 kg/person/yr

7.2 kg/person/yr

Government Debt (% GDP)

49.7% of GDP

19.6% of GDP

Tobacco Use Prevalence

7.6% of adults

3.2% of adults

Alcohol Consumption

8.8 L/adult/yr

3.8 L/adult/yr

Seafood Consumption per Person

15.55 kg/person/yr

6.7 kg/person/yr

Protected Land (%)

29.7%

13.9%

Merchant Fleet Size

6.0

928

Water Withdrawal

0.13 B m³

12.47 B m³

Electricity Generation

1.0 TWh

40.13 TWh

Inflation Rate

1.2%

33.2%

Scientific Publications

413.69

9.4K

Armed Forces Personnel

12.0K

223.0K

Total CO2 Emissions

7.0 Mt CO2e

131.91 Mt CO2e

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Solar Electricity Share

High-Tech Exports (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Meat Consumption per Person

Government Debt (% GDP)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Alcohol Consumption

Seafood Consumption per Person

Protected Land (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

Water Withdrawal

Electricity Generation

Inflation Rate

Scientific Publications

Armed Forces Personnel

Total CO2 Emissions

Population

Smoking Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Capital Elevation

Railway Length

Land Area

Electric Generating Capacity

Coastline Length

Forest Area

Firms Making Informal Payments

GDP Growth Rate

Beer Consumption

Airports

Water Stress (%)

Political Corruption Index

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Irrigated Land

Corruption Perceptions Index

Highest Elevation

Firms with Female Top Manager

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Nurses & Midwives

Health Spending Per Capita

Sanitation Access (%)

Land Border Length

Spirits Consumption

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Population Density

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Firms Asked for Bribes

Youth Unemployment Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Suicide Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Unemployment Rate

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Women in Senior Management

Mobile Money Accounts

Health Spending (% GDP)

Time Zones Count

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Renewable Energy (%)

Military Spending

Can Raise Emergency Money

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Adult Literacy Rate

Child Mortality

Average Weekly Work Hours

Infant Mortality

Electricity Use (Per Capita)