Benin
Access to electricity in Benin
Access to electricity in Benin: 14.5% in 1996 and 59% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 59%
- Since 1996
- +44.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 187 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 59 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 57 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 56.5 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 42 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 41 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 40 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 39 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 34.5 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 37 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 29.6 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 34.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 34.7 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 38.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 36.9 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 34.2 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 30 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 29 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 28 | 82 |
| 2006 | 27.9 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 26.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 25.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 24.3 | 80 |
| 2002 | 23.4 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 21.9 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 21.5 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 20.6 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 19.6 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 18.6 | – |
| 1996 | 14.5 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 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
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- Military spending0.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$204M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.21% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025