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Benin vs Togo

116 shared metrics.

BeninLeads in 67

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TogoLeads in 49

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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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Togo

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Identity

Formal name: Togolese Republic.

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Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the town of Togodo (now Togoville) on the northern shore of Lake Togo.

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Analysis

Benin leads in 67 of 116 shared metrics, while Togo leads in 49.

Benin's Broadband Access (%) is 201.0x that of Togo (202 per 100 people vs 1.0 per 100 people).

Benin's High-Tech Exports (%) is 43.8x that of Togo (30.54% vs 0.68%).

Benin's Irrigated Land is 6.6x that of Togo (530 km² vs 70 km²).

Benin's Alcohol Consumption is 5.1x that of Togo (8.8 L/adult/yr vs 1.4 L/adult/yr).

Benin's Firms Asked for Bribes is 4.7x that of Togo (11.36% of firms vs 2.0% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Benin leads

Benin

202 per 100 people

Togo

1.0 per 100 people

High-Tech Exports (%)Benin leads

Benin

30.54%

Togo

0.68%

Irrigated LandBenin leads

Benin

530 km²

Togo

70 km²

Alcohol ConsumptionBenin leads

Benin

8.8 L/adult/yr

Togo

1.4 L/adult/yr

Firms Asked for BribesBenin leads

Benin

11.36% of firms

Togo

2.0% of firms

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleBenin leads

Benin

40.16 per 1k people

Togo

8.2 per 1k people

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Benin

202 per 100 people

Togo

1.0 per 100 people

20100% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Benin

30.54%

Togo

0.68%

4379% higher

Irrigated Land

Benin

530 km²

Togo

70 km²

657% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Benin

8.8 L/adult/yr

Togo

1.4 L/adult/yr

513% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Benin

11.36% of firms

Togo

2.0% of firms

473% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Benin

40.16 per 1k people

Togo

8.2 per 1k people

392% higher

Capital Elevation

Benin

38 m

Togo

10 m

280% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Benin

2.5% of GDP

Togo

0.79% of GDP

221% higher

Scientific Publications

Benin

413.69

Togo

134.74

207% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Benin

3.0 sites

Togo

1.0 sites

200% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Benin

0.22 per 1k

Togo

0.08 per 1k

175% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Benin

7.0 Mt CO2e

Togo

2.6 Mt CO2e

168% higher

Forest Area

Benin

29.9K km²

Togo

12.0K km²

149% higher

Coastline Length

Benin

121 km

Togo

56 km

116% higher

Land Area

Benin

112.8K km²

Togo

54.4K km²

107% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Benin

0.32

Togo

0.16

106% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Benin

$21,482,643,706.42

Togo

$10,651,180,146.53

102% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Togo

Benin

6.0

Togo

397

98% lower

Firms with Female Top Manager

Benin

24.39% of firms

Togo

13.18% of firms

85% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Togo

Benin

4.0%

Togo

18.31%

78% lower

Comparison of Benin and Togo across 116 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	20100% higher	Benin
High-Tech Exports (%)	30.54%	0.68%	4379% higher	Benin
Irrigated Land	530 km²	70 km²	657% higher	Benin
Alcohol Consumption	8.8 L/adult/yr	1.4 L/adult/yr	513% higher	Benin
Firms Asked for Bribes	11.36% of firms	2.0% of firms	473% higher	Benin
Vehicles per 1,000 People	40.16 per 1k people	8.2 per 1k people	392% higher	Benin
Capital Elevation	38 m	10 m	280% higher	Benin
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.5% of GDP	0.79% of GDP	221% higher	Benin
Scientific Publications	413.69	134.74	207% higher	Benin
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	1.0 sites	200% higher	Benin
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.22 per 1k	0.08 per 1k	175% higher	Benin
Total CO2 Emissions	7.0 Mt CO2e	2.6 Mt CO2e	168% higher	Benin
Forest Area	29.9K km²	12.0K km²	149% higher	Benin
Coastline Length	121 km	56 km	116% higher	Benin
Land Area	112.8K km²	54.4K km²	107% higher	Benin
Liberal Democracy Index	0.32	0.16	106% higher	Benin
GDP (Nominal)	$21,482,643,706.42	$10,651,180,146.53	102% higher	Benin
Merchant Fleet Size	6.0	397	98% lower	Togo
Firms with Female Top Manager	24.39% of firms	13.18% of firms	85% higher	Benin
Solar Electricity Share	4.0%	18.31%	78% lower	Togo
Political Corruption Index	0.19	0.76	75% lower	Togo
Population	15.19M	9.14M	66% higher	Benin
Military Spending	0.72% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	64% lower	Togo
Meat Consumption per Person	20.24 kg/person/yr	12.58 kg/person/yr	61% higher	Benin
Death Rate	7.5 per 1k	4.6 per 1k	61% higher	Benin
Inflation Rate	1.2%	2.9%	59% lower	Togo
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	126 per 100 people	81 per 100 people	56% higher	Benin
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	56% lower	Togo
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.05 per 100k people	0.12 per 100k people	56% lower	Togo
Electric Generating Capacity	505.0K kW	326.0K kW	55% higher	Benin
CO2 Per Capita	0.42 t/person/yr	0.29 t/person/yr	45% higher	Benin
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	105.31 kWh/person	191.86 kWh/person	45% lower	Togo
Women in Parliament (%)	26.61%	18.58%	43% higher	Benin
Airports	10	7.0	43% higher	Benin
Water Withdrawal	0.13 B m³	0.22 B m³	42% lower	Togo
Corruption Perceptions Index	45 pts	32 pts	41% higher	Benin
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	4.1 per 100k	7.0 per 100k	41% lower	Togo
Agricultural Land (%)	41.83%	70.23%	40% lower	Togo
Imports (% GDP)	21.8% of GDP	36.57% of GDP	40% lower	Togo
Electoral Democracy Index	0.49	0.35	40% higher	Benin
Government Debt (% GDP)	49.7% of GDP	81.6% of GDP	39% lower	Togo
Credit Card Ownership	3.0% of adults	4.9% of adults	39% lower	Togo
Beer Consumption	0.94 L/person/yr	0.68 L/person/yr	38% higher	Benin
Electricity Carbon Intensity	584.16 gCO2/kWh	422.54 gCO2/kWh	38% higher	Benin
Health Spending Per Capita	$33.88	$54.01	37% lower	Togo
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.6% of adults	5.6% of adults	36% higher	Benin
Seafood Consumption per Person	15.55 kg/person/yr	11.46 kg/person/yr	36% higher	Benin
Water Stress (%)	1.3%	1.9%	35% lower	Togo
Child Mortality	77.9 per 1k births	58.3 per 1k births	34% higher	Benin
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.40 per 1k	0.60 per 1k	33% lower	Togo
Border Neighbors	4.0	3.0	33% higher	Benin
GNI Per Capita	$1,430	$1,080	32% higher	Benin
Birth Rate	39.82 per 1k	30.17 per 1k	32% higher	Benin
Fertility Rate	5.3 children/woman	4.0 children/woman	32% higher	Benin
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$4,434.56	$3,365.46	32% higher	Benin
Highest Elevation	675 m	986 m	32% lower	Togo
University Enrollment Rate	10.23%	14.9%	31% lower	Togo
Firms Making Informal Payments	4.7% of firms	6.7% of firms	30% lower	Togo
Adult Literacy Rate	51.38%	72.6%	29% lower	Togo
Infant Mortality	46.4 per 1k births	35.9 per 1k births	29% higher	Benin
Population Density	125.14 /km²	171.07 /km²	27% lower	Togo
Women's Political Empowerment	0.88	0.69	27% higher	Benin
Renewable Energy (%)	54.5%	75.1%	27% lower	Togo
Exports (% GDP)	18.84% of GDP	25.01% of GDP	25% lower	Togo
Suicide Rate	7.1 per 100k	9.3 per 100k	24% lower	Togo
Railway Length	438 km	568 km	23% lower	Togo
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	22% lower	Togo
Insufficient Physical Activity	18.02% of adults	14.78% of adults	22% higher	Benin
Forest Coverage (%)	26.47%	22.07%	20% higher	Benin
Armed Forces Personnel	12.0K	10.0K	20% higher	Benin
Women in Senior Management	23.52% of managers	29.52% of managers	20% lower	Togo
Urban Population (%)	52.55%	43.81%	20% higher	Benin
Nurses & Midwives	0.59 per 1k	0.51 per 1k	17% higher	Benin
Freedom of Expression Index	0.68	0.58	17% higher	Benin
Hypertension Prevalence	31.2% of adults	37% of adults	16% lower	Togo
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.9% of youth labor force	3.4% of youth labor force	16% lower	Togo
Internet Users (%)	32%	37%	14% lower	Togo
Safe Drinking Water (%)	17.7%	20.52%	14% lower	Togo
GDP Growth Rate	7.5%	6.5%	14% higher	Benin
Land Border Length	2.1K km	1.9K km	13% higher	Benin
Sanitation Access (%)	22.25%	25.17%	12% lower	Togo
Energy Use (Per Capita)	375.82 kg oil eq/person	425.4 kg oil eq/person	12% lower	Togo
Unemployment Rate	1.7%	1.9%	11% lower	Togo
Human Development Index	0.52	0.57	10% lower	Togo
Digital Payments Used	47.75% of adults	53.1% of adults	10% lower	Togo
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	24 days/yr	22 days/yr	9% higher	Benin
Inequality (Gini)	34.4	37.9	9% lower	Togo
Road Traffic Death Rate	24.8 per 100k	22.7 per 100k	9% higher	Benin
Electricity Generation	1.0 TWh	0.92 TWh	9% higher	Benin
Dependency Ratio	80.74% of working-age pop.	74.64% of working-age pop.	8% higher	Benin
Spirits Consumption	0.20 L/person/yr	0.21 L/person/yr	6% lower	Togo
Milk Consumption per Person	8.4 kg/person/yr	8.0 kg/person/yr	6% higher	Benin
Median Age	17.8 years	18.8 years	6% lower	Togo
Protected Land (%)	29.7%	28.1%	6% higher	Benin
Mobile Money Accounts	44.87% of adults	47.99% of adults	6% lower	Togo
Obesity Rate	9.9%	10.45%	5% lower	Togo
Youth Population (%)	41.55%	39.53%	5% higher	Benin
Electricity Access (%)	57%	59.2%	4% lower	Togo
Informal Employment Share	96.35% of employed people	92.34% of employed people	4% higher	Benin
Life Expectancy	60.8 years	62.7 years	3% lower	Togo
Life Evaluation Score	4.4 pts	4.3 pts	3% higher	Benin
Elderly Population (%)	3.1%	3.2%	3% lower	Togo
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.56% of adults	93.76% of adults	3% higher	Benin
Smoking Rate	6.3%	6.4%	2% lower	Togo
Food Waste per Person	129.91 kg/person/yr	132.83 kg/person/yr	2% lower	Togo
Teen Birth Rate	77.84 per 1k	77.05 per 1k	1% higher	Benin
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	51.05 µg/m³	51.67 µg/m³	1% lower	Togo
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Benin
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Benin
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	0 m	ranked higher	Benin
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Benin
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.7% of GDP	-1% of GDP	ranked lower	Togo
Firms Hit by Power Outages	86.15% of firms	86.13% of firms	equal	Benin
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 67 of 116 shared metrics, while Togo leads in 49.

Benin's Broadband Access (%) is 201.0x that of Togo (202 per 100 people vs 1.0 per 100 people).

Benin's High-Tech Exports (%) is 43.8x that of Togo (30.54% vs 0.68%).

Benin's Irrigated Land is 6.6x that of Togo (530 km² vs 70 km²).

Benin's Alcohol Consumption is 5.1x that of Togo (8.8 L/adult/yr vs 1.4 L/adult/yr).

Benin's Firms Asked for Bribes is 4.7x that of Togo (11.36% of firms vs 2.0% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Benin leads

Benin

202 per 100 people

Togo

1.0 per 100 people

High-Tech Exports (%)Benin leads

Benin

30.54%

Togo

0.68%

Irrigated LandBenin leads

Benin

530 km²

Togo

70 km²

Alcohol ConsumptionBenin leads

Benin

8.8 L/adult/yr

Togo

1.4 L/adult/yr

Firms Asked for BribesBenin leads

Benin

11.36% of firms

Togo

2.0% of firms

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleBenin leads

Benin

40.16 per 1k people

Togo

8.2 per 1k people

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

1.0 per 100 people

High-Tech Exports (%)

30.54%

0.68%

Irrigated Land

530 km²

70 km²

Alcohol Consumption

8.8 L/adult/yr

1.4 L/adult/yr

Firms Asked for Bribes

11.36% of firms

2.0% of firms

Vehicles per 1,000 People

40.16 per 1k people

8.2 per 1k people

Capital Elevation

38 m

10 m

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.5% of GDP

0.79% of GDP

Scientific Publications

413.69

134.74

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

3.0 sites

1.0 sites

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.22 per 1k

0.08 per 1k

Total CO2 Emissions

7.0 Mt CO2e

2.6 Mt CO2e

Forest Area

29.9K km²

12.0K km²

Coastline Length

121 km

56 km

Land Area

112.8K km²

54.4K km²

Liberal Democracy Index

0.32

0.16

GDP (Nominal)

$21,482,643,706.42

$10,651,180,146.53

Merchant Fleet Size

6.0

397

Firms with Female Top Manager

24.39% of firms

13.18% of firms

Solar Electricity Share

4.0%

18.31%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Irrigated Land

Alcohol Consumption

Firms Asked for Bribes

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Capital Elevation

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Scientific Publications

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Doctors (per 1,000)

Total CO2 Emissions

Forest Area

Coastline Length

Land Area

Liberal Democracy Index

GDP (Nominal)

Merchant Fleet Size

Firms with Female Top Manager

Solar Electricity Share

Political Corruption Index

Population

Military Spending

Meat Consumption per Person

Death Rate

Inflation Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Electric Generating Capacity

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Women in Parliament (%)

Airports

Water Withdrawal

Corruption Perceptions Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Agricultural Land (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Electoral Democracy Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Credit Card Ownership

Beer Consumption

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Health Spending Per Capita

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Seafood Consumption per Person

Water Stress (%)

Child Mortality

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Border Neighbors

GNI Per Capita

Birth Rate

Fertility Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Highest Elevation

University Enrollment Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Adult Literacy Rate

Infant Mortality

Population Density

Women's Political Empowerment

Renewable Energy (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Railway Length

Education Spending (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Forest Coverage (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Women in Senior Management

Urban Population (%)