Benin vs Burkina Faso
Benin vs Burkina Faso: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 28.1% in Benin and 12.3% in Burkina Faso, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Benin, by 15.9 percentage points, or 2.29 times that in Burkina Faso.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Benin has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Benin ranked 114 and Burkina Faso ranked 153 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Benin | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28.1 | 12.3 | – |
| 2023 | 28.5 | 12.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 28.8 | 13.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 29.1 | 13.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 29.4 | 14 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 29.8 | 14.5 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 30.1 | 14.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 30.4 | 15.3 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 30.8 | 15.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 31.1 | 16.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 32.5 | 16.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 33.8 | 17.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 35.1 | 17.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 36.5 | 18 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 37.8 | 18.4 | 32 |
| 2009 | 39.1 | 18.9 | 32 |
| 2008 | 40.3 | 19.4 | 32 |
| 2007 | 41.6 | 19.9 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 42.8 | 20.4 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 44.1 | 20.9 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 45.3 | 21.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 46.6 | 21.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 47.8 | 22.3 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 49.1 | 22.8 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 50.3 | 23.3 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 51.5 | 24 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 52.6 | 24.7 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 53.8 | 25.4 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 55 | 26.1 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 56.1 | 26.8 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 57.3 | 27.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 58.4 | 28.2 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 59.6 | 28.9 | 33 |
| 1991 | 60.7 | 29.6 | – |
| 1990 | 61.9 | 30.3 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Benin vs Burkina Faso
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Burkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Burkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Burkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Burkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Burkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Burkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Burkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Burkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Burkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Burkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Burkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Burkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Burkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Burkina Faso: $844M in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Burkina Faso: $37 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Burkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Burkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Burkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Burkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Burkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025