Benin-2017

Year
2017
Population
11596779
Population, Rural
53.23
Population, Female
49.98
Working age population
53.88
Working age population, Male
3114065
Working age population, Female
3133905
Age dependency ratio
85.61
Employment in Agriculture
32.46
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1072.36
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
5.67
GDP at current market prices
12701.66
Inflation rate
1.77
Growth in broad money supply
0.36
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
16.83
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-4.2
Remittances (% of GDP)
1.54
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
2.91
Access to electricity
34.5
Access to electricity, Urban
54.2
Access to electricity, Rural
17.2
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
45.38
ID Ownership
45.87669
ID Ownership, Urban
58.10571
ID Ownership, Rural
42.66081
Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
0.51
Mobile phone ownership
31.32
ATMs per 100,000 adults
3.724032
ATMs
217
Handset affordability
17
Mobile connectivity index
31.19
Network coverage
54.56
Mobile Data Affordability
32.49
Mobile Cellular Subscribers per 100 inhabitants
78.5
Fixed -broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitant
0
Ownership of debit/credit card
13%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
10%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
17%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
11%
Mobile money prevalence
11.73
Mobile money account
24.61
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
16060.33
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
25.48
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
28.48
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
18.89
Made or received a digital payment, Male
38.29
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
25.86
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
3.31
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
1.85
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
4.81
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
4.11
Received payments for agricultural products: to a card
1.26
Received payments for agricultural products: into a financial institution account
12.06
Received payments for agricultural products: into an account
15.87
Received payments for agricultural products: in cash only
73.57
Received payments for agricultural products: through a mobile phone
9.43
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
25.15
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
38.67
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
0
Volume of mobile money transactions
106220789
Broad money (current LCU)
2 111 622 097 457
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
109
Population ages 15 and above, female
3 335 890
Population ages 15 and above, male
3 269 853
Population ages 15 and above, total
6 605 743
Population, female (primary + secondary)
2094340
Population, male
5 800 206
Population, male (primary + secondary)
2156663
Population, youth (15-24)
2264012
Urban population
5 423 582