Portulans Institute

Benin

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 13,352,864
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 4,183

Performance Overview

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Country

Benin

Score

33.87

Rank

111

Technology

22.49

People

27.88

Governance

48.29

Impact

36.81

Pillar: Technology Score: 22.49 Rank: 121
SCORERANK

Access

42.56 114

1. Mobile tariffs

21.44 120

2. Handset prices

27.99 111

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

6.45 114

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

92.27 122

5. International Internet bandwidth

64.66 99

6. Internet access in schools

n/a

Content

7.39 118

1. GitHub commits

0.88 115

2. Internet domain registrations

0.33 114

3. Mobile apps development

26.89 117

4. AI scientific publications

1.45 96

Future technologies

17.52 120

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

26.30 110

2. Investment in emerging technologies

22.00 116

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

4.26 103
Pillar: People Score: 27.88 Rank: 113
SCORERANK

Individuals

17.33 127

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

3.34 91

2. ICT skills in the education system

44.85 72

3. Use of virtual social networks

6.74 122

4. Tertiary enrollment

5.65 109

5. Adult literacy rate

26.05 103

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

36.91 88

1. Firms with website

33.27 88

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

n/a

3. Knowledge intensive employment

5.39 117

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

72.07 103

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

29.39 93

1. Government online services

47.45 94

2. Publication and use of open data

7.35 96

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

33.36 79

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

n/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 48.29 Rank: 90
SCORERANK

Trust

34.30 86

1. Secure internet servers

22.89 123

2. Cybersecurity

79.71 64

3. Online access to financial account

30.59 62

4. Internet shopping

4.03 114

Regulation

66.89 62

1. Regulatory quality

39.85 93

2. ICT regulatory environment

64.71 110

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

44.68 62

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

85.19 20

Inclusion

43.67 107

1. E-Participation

32.56 98

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

58.72 89

3. Availability of local online content

29.57 113

4. Gender gap in Internet use

n/a

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

53.85 84
Pillar: Impact Score: 36.81 Rank: 117
SCORERANK

Economy

17.41 105

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

n/a

2. High-tech exports

4.77 89

3. PCT patent applications

0.77 88

4. Domestic market size

37.92 105

5. Prevalence of gig economy

43.60 60

6. ICT services exports

0.00 134

Quality of life

48.07 114

1. Happiness

34.69 111

2. Freedom to make life choices

56.50 103

3. Income inequality

63.32 65

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

37.78 118

SDG Contribution

44.96 121

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

16.39 129

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

76.99 69

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

56.29 107

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

30.17 123

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