Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 14,462,724
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 4,552

Performance Overview

ISO3

BEN

Country

Benin

Score

35.62

Rank

111

Technology

23.33

People

25.82

Governance

47.76

Impact

45.55

Pillar: Technology Score: 23.33Rank: 117
SCORERANK

Access

28.48 122

1. Mobile tariffs

18.07124

2. Handset prices

17.59129

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

10.31110

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

29.11110

5. International Internet bandwidth

67.3488

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

Content

11.10 116

1. GitHub commits

0.83115

2. Internet domain registrations

0.30114

3. Mobile apps development

39.50117

4. AI scientific publications

3.7981

Future technologies

30.41 87

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

65.0751

2. Investment in emerging technologies

22.00115

3. Robot density

n/an/a

4. Computer software spending

4.17108
Pillar: People Score: 25.82Rank: 118
SCORERANK

Individuals

22.83 125

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

4.3697

2. ICT skills in the education system

50.7674

3. Use of virtual social networks

9.64116

4. Adult literacy rate

26.54100

5. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Businesses

24.73 111

1. Firms with website

27.46102

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

n/an/a

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

42.6397

4. Public cloud computing market scale

4.11109

Governments

29.92 95

1. Government online services

47.4594

2. Data Capabilities

12.3884

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

n/an/a

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

n/an/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 47.76Rank: 95
SCORERANK

Trust

31.17 101

1. Secure internet servers

22.89121

2. Cybersecurity

80.0864

3. Online access to financial account

17.68100

4. Internet shopping

4.03113

Regulation

68.45 58

1. Regulatory quality

39.8490

2. ICT regulatory environment

64.29110

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

48.4862

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

89.6416

Inclusion

43.67 107

1. E-Participation

32.5697

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

58.7287

3. Availability of local online content

29.57112

4. Gender gap in Internet use

n/an/a

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

53.8582
Pillar: Impact Score: 45.55Rank: 104
SCORERANK

Economy

28.04 85

1. ICT patent applications

n/an/a

2. Domestic market scale

38.71105

3. Prevalence of gig economy

43.6059

4. ICT services exports

1.79117

Quality of life

50.91 101

1. Happiness

27.34110

2. Freedom to make life choices

69.6479

3. Income inequality

73.5253

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

37.99112

SDG Contribution

57.69 93

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

14.52126

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/an/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

77.7871

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

72.9591

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

30.17122

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