Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle-income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 14,111,000
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 4,719

Performance Overview

ISO3

BEN

Country

Benin

Score

34.67

Rank

110

Technology

23.93

People

23.98

Governance

51.79

Impact

38.97

Pillar: Technology Score: 23.93Rank: 115
SCORERANK

Access

30.68 119

1. Mobile tariffs

22.53120

2. Handset prices

27.82118

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

14.66103

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

21.05119

5. International Internet bandwidth

67.3488

6. Internet access in schools

n/a n/a

Content

10.73 114

1. GitHub commits

0.84114

2. Internet domain registrations

0.30112

3. Mobile apps development

39.99111

4. AI scientific publications

1.7885

Future technologies

30.37 84

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

65.0751

2. Investment in emerging technologies

22113

3. Robot density

n/a n/a

4. Computer software spending

4.05100
Pillar: People Score: 23.98Rank: 117
SCORERANK

Individuals

21.55 120

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

5.4492

2. ICT skills in the education system

46.0473

3. Use of virtual social networks

9.52115

4. Adult literacy rate

25.292

5. AI talent concentration

n/a n/a

Businesses

23.05 94

1. Firms with website

33.1993

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

n/a n/a

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

35.4988

4. Public cloud computing market scale

0.48108

Governments

27.33 99

1. Government online services

42.27100

2. Data Capabilities

12.3884

3. Government promotion of emerging technologies

n/a n/a

4. Gross expenditure on R&D

n/a n/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 51.79Rank: 85
SCORERANK

Trust

38.12 102

1. Secure internet servers

19.16126

2. Cybersecurity

89.8462

3. Online access to financial account

n/a n/a

4. Internet shopping

5.36110

Regulation

60.21 70

1. Regulatory quality

34.8387

2. ICT regulatory environment

43.75106

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

44.262

4. E-commerce legislation

1001

5. Privacy protection by law content

78.2931

Inclusion

57.02 81

1. E-Participation

33.34103

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

55.4787

3. Gender gap in Internet use

n/a n/a

4. Rural gap in use of digital payments

82.269
Pillar: Impact Score: 38.97Rank: 111
SCORERANK

Economy

20.56 111

1. ICT patent applications

n/a n/a

2. Domestic market scale

38.71105

3. Technology-Enabled Work Flexibility

n/a n/a

4. ICT services exports

2.42109

Quality of life

45.58 106

1. Happiness

24.51108

2. Freedom to make life choices

56.6494

3. Income inequality

72.9656

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

38.2111

SDG Contribution

50.78 104

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

6.67122

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

76.3669

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

62.2297

5. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

20.87119

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