Benin, year by year

Every index this site holds for Benin, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.350 → 0.504 (+0.154)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth57.7 → 61 (+3.2)

Internet users2 → 34 (+32)

Urban population41 → 53 (+13)

Births per woman5.69 → 4.48 (-1.21)

Renewable share of energy61 → 55 (-6)

Access to electricity26 → 59 (+33)

Infant mortality71 → 45 (-26)

CO2 emissions per person0.3 → 0.5 (+0.2)

Forest area35 → 26 (-8)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 1 value marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.350	53.0	—	—	6.74	94	—	98	0.1	42.9	—	—
1991	0.355	53.4	—	35	6.67	95	—	96	0.1	42.3	—	—
1992	0.360	54.1	—	36	6.59	95	—	94	0.1	41.6	—	—
1993	0.367	54.6	—	36	6.51	95	—	92	0.1	41.0	—	—
1994	0.372	55.0	—	37	6.42	95	—	90	0.1	40.4	—	—
1995	0.379	55.4	—	37	6.33	95	—	88	0.1	39.8	—	—
1996	0.385	55.6	0	37	6.28	84	15	87	0.2	39.2	—	—
1997	0.393	56.0	0	37	6.23	81	19	85	0.2	38.5	—	—
1998	0.398	56.1	0	38	6.14	80	20	83	0.2	37.9	—	—
1999	0.405	56.3	0	38	6.03	77	21	82	0.2	37.3	—	—
2000	0.412	56.6	0	38	5.94	70	22	80	0.2	36.7	—	—
2001	0.423	56.6	0	39	5.85	67	22	78	0.3	36.2	—	—
2002	0.431	56.9	1	39	5.79	64	23	76	0.3	35.8	—	—
2003	0.438	57.1	1	39	5.76	62	24	74	0.3	35.3	—	—
2004	0.444	57.4	1	40	5.72	61	25	73	0.3	34.9	—	—
2005	0.450	57.7	1	40	5.69	59	26	71	0.3	34.5	—	—
2006	0.456	58.0	2	41	5.67	57	28	69	0.4	34.0	809	2021
2007	0.464	58.3	2	41	5.63	55	28	68	0.5	33.6	912	2136
2008	0.470	58.1	2	42	5.55	55	29	67	0.5	33.1	1061	2215
2009	0.475	58.3	2	42	5.49	53	30	65	0.5	32.7	1024	2213
2010	0.481	58.4	3	43	5.45	47	34	64	0.5	32.2	973	2220
2011	0.486	58.5	4	43	5.44	49	37	62	0.5	31.8	1059	2265
2012	0.494	58.6	5	44	5.43	50	38	61	0.5	31.4	1072	2346
2013	0.503	58.9	5	45	5.41	52	35	60	0.5	30.9	1169	2512
2014	0.506	59.0	6	45	5.37	51	34	58	0.5	30.5	1204	2670
2015	0.509	59.1	11	46	5.32	50	30	57	0.5	30.0	1002	2725
2016	0.508	59.3	15	47	5.25	45	37	56	0.6	29.6	1011	2842
2017	0.505	59.5	19	47	5.16	45	35	54	0.6	29.1	1055	2886
2018	0.506	59.7	19	48	5.03	44	39	53	0.7	28.7	1152	2965
2019	0.506	59.9	21	49	4.90	47	40	52	0.6	28.3	1131	3149
2020	0.501	60.1	22	49	4.80	46	41	50	0.7	27.8	1200	3245
2021	0.502	59.6	28	50	4.71	55	42	49	0.5	27.4	1319	3464
2022	0.504	60.5	31	51	4.63	—	57	48	0.5	26.9	1266	3844
2023	—	60.8	32	52	4.56	—	57	47	0.5	26.5	1394	4133
2024	—	61.0	34	53	4.48	—	59	45	0.5	—	1485	4441
2025	—	—	—	53	—	—	—	—	—	—	1658	4817
Profile shows	0.504	61.0	34	53	4.48	55	—	—	0.5	26.5	1658	4817

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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