Benin
Benin is home to 14.8m people (2025) and has an economy of $24.6bn (2025). Output per person of $1,658 is not ranked. The economy grew 8.1% in 2025, and the IMF expects 7.0% in 2026. Inflation was 1.1% in 2025, with too few peers to compare. 59.0% of people have electricity (2024).
The IMF expects Benin to grow 7.0% in 2026
Real GDP growth, per cent a year. Open bars are IMF forecasts.
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Farming employs 40% of workers but produces 23% of output
Share of jobs in each broad sector against its share of GDP, latest year. A sector with far more jobs than output has low productivity and room to grow.
Key figures
The bar under each figure places it among the 12 countries of ECOWAS, lowest on the left. Hover for context; select for the data card.Infrastructure in Benin
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How Benin generates electricity
Share of electricity generation by source, latest year.
No electricity data for Benin.
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Trends against ECOWAS
Benin in olive, the regional median in grey, other countries faint.Ten years of history for every indicator is free with a Reader account
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