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Benin vs Somalia
How Benin and Somalia compare on 34 measures, from 1900 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Benin was higher: 60.8 years against 58.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Benin was higher: $1,398 against $465
- Population · In 2023, Somalia was higher: 18.4 million people against 14.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Somalia was higher: 1.54% of GDP against 0.89% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Benin was higher: 0.49 tonnes against 0.05 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Somalia: 58.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Somalia: 10.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Somalia: 66.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Somalia: 3.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Somalia: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Somalia: 18.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Somalia: 3.57% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Somalia: 6.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Somalia: 55.1% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Somalia: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Somalia: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Somalia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Somalia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Somalia: $193M in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Somalia: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Somalia: 20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBenin: 12,000 people in 2020Somalia: 14,000 people in 2020
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Somalia: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Somalia: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Somalia: 2 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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