Benin vs Somalia
Benin vs Somalia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 34% in Benin and 27.9% in Somalia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Benin, by 6 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Somalia.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Benin has been higher since 1996.
- In 2024, Benin ranked 159 and Somalia ranked 168 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Benin | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 34 | 27.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 32.4 | 26.1 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 30.5 | 27.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 28.2 | 23.9 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 22.1 | 15 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 20.5 | 2.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 19 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.7 | – | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 11.3 | 1.8 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 3.1 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 1.2 | 1.1 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | 0.4 | – |
| 2002 | 0.7 | 0.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0.4 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 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 Somalia
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