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Benin vs Nigeria
How Benin and Nigeria compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Benin was higher: 60.8 years against 54.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Nigeria was higher: $2,369 against $1,398
- Population · In 2023, Nigeria was higher: 228 million people against 14.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Nigeria was higher: 0.91% of GDP against 0.89% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Nigeria was higher: 0.57 tonnes against 0.49 tonnes
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Every measure
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| Measure | Benin | Nigeria | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 60.8 | 54.5 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 7.5 | 11.6 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 52.3 | 69.5 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.63 | 3.92 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 11.1 | 7.5 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 14.1 million | 228 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.51 | 2.1 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 4.56 | 4.48 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 53.4 | 63.8 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 17.8 | 17.8 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 3.1 | 3 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0 | -0.3 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $1,398 | $2,369 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 8.1 | 4 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 1.1 | 23 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 59.3 | 36.1 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 5.7 | 5 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2024 | 51.42022 | 70.4 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2010 | 83.62008 | 58.1 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.49 | 0.51 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.84 | 0.67 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 33 | 2,803 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 0.89 | 0.91 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $204M | $1.76B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $15 | $9 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 4.8 | 5.9 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 12,000 | 223,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.07 | 1.16 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 0.21 | 0.23 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 4 million | 21 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 28.2 | 27.8 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 108 | 107.4 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 333.9 | 303.9 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.49 | 0.57 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 34 | 41.2 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 59 | 62.5 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 28.1 | 19 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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