Benin
Download ReportKey Indicators
| Income Group | Lower-middle income |
| Regional Group | Africa |
| Population (Total) | 11,801,151 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.15% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 14,390 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.02% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 3,423 |
Performance Overview
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BEN
Country
Benin
Score
32.25
Rank
112
Technology
19.14
People
29.05
Governance
45.19
Impact
35.64
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 27.38 | 122 |
| 2. Handset prices | 10.17 | 126 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 7.65 | 128 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 40.00 | 109 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 23.56 | 89 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 62.87 | 94 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
| 1. GitHub commits | 0.57 | 107 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 18.34 | 102 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 26.41 | 121 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 26.30 | 110 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 21.93 | 115 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 4.02 | 100 |
| 5. Robot density | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | n/a | n/a |
| 2. High-tech exports | 5.38 | 97 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 45.91 | 59 |
| 1. Happiness | 44.88 | 99 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 67.23 | 86 |
| 3. Income inequality | 39.18 | 108 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 23.23 | 121 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 19.67 | 126 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | n/a | n/a |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 46.07 | 112 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 49.35 | 121 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 35.48 | 113 |
| 1. Internet users | 17.88 | 118 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 6.44 | 123 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 7.42 | 118 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 8.43 | 103 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 25.82 | 104 |
| 6. ICT skills | 36.53 | 99 |
| 1. Firms with website | 33.44 | 90 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 39.22 | 118 |
| 3. Professionals | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 47.00 | 96 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Government online services | 49.70 | 102 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 7.32 | 98 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 33.50 | 78 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 18.55 | 126 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 51.68 | 81 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 30.59 | 63 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 3.31 | 109 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 43.94 | 94 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 62.55 | 112 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 27.61 | 92 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | 46.05 | 59 |
| 1. E-Participation | 53.09 | 93 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 72.04 | 56 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 29.61 | 113 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | n/a | n/a |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 59.28 | 81 |