Benin vs Ghana
Benin vs Ghana: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 1.1% a year in Benin and 14.2% a year in Ghana, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ghana, by 13.1 percentage points, or 13 times that in Benin.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Ghana has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Benin.
- In 2025, Benin ranked 139 and Ghana ranked 16 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Benin at 2% a year and Ghana at 8% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Benin | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 22.9 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 39.2 |
| 2022 | 1.4 | 31.9 |
| 2021 | 1.7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9.9 |
| 2019 | -0.9 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 0.8 | 9.8 |
| 2017 | 1.8 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | -0.8 | 17.5 |
| 2015 | 0.2 | 17.2 |
| 2014 | -0.6 | 15.5 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 11.7 |
| 2012 | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| 2011 | 2.7 | 7.7 |
| 2010 | 2.1 | 6.7 |
| 2009 | 0.9 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 7.4 | 16.5 |
| 2007 | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| 2006 | 3.8 | 11.7 |
| 2005 | 5.4 | 15.1 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 12.7 |
| 2003 | 1.5 | 26.6 |
| 2002 | 2.4 | 14.9 |
| 2001 | 4 | 32.9 |
| 2000 | 4.2 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 0.3 | 12.5 |
| 1998 | 5.8 | 19.2 |
| 1997 | 3.8 | 24.8 |
| 1996 | 4.9 | 44.5 |
| 1995 | 14.5 | 59.3 |
| 1994 | 38.5 | 24.9 |
| 1993 | 0.4 | 24.9 |
| 1992 | 5.9 | 10.1 |
| 1991 | 2.1 | 18.1 |
| 1990 | 1.1 | 37.2 |
| 1989 | -0.2 | 25.2 |
| 1988 | 3.4 | 31.4 |
| 1987 | -1.3 | 39.8 |
| 1986 | 0.4 | 24.5 |
| 1985 | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| 1984 | 10.3 | 40 |
| 1983 | -6.1 | 122.2 |
| 1982 | 4.1 | 22.5 |
| 1981 | 0.8 | 116.5 |
| 1980 | 9.6 | 50 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Benin | Ghana |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| 2027 | 2 | 7.8 |
| 2028 | 2 | 8 |
| 2029 | 2 | 8 |
| 2030 | 2 | 8 |
| 2031 | 2 | 8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Benin vs Ghana
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Ghana: 65.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Ghana: 3.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ghana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Ghana: 3.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ghana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Ghana: 33.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Ghana: 1.9% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Ghana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Ghana: 58.9% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Ghana: 20.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Ghana: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Ghana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Ghana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Ghana: $385M in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Ghana: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Ghana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Ghana: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Ghana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Ghana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Ghana: 5 million TIV in 2025