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

Human development rose from 0.351 in 1990 to 0.515 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 61 years2024at birthUp 3.2 years from 57.7 years in 2005
Internet users: 34%2024of people onlineUp 32 points from 2% in 2006
Urban population: 53%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 13 points from 41% in 2006
Births per woman: 4.482024births per womanDown 1.21 from 5.69 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 55%2021of energy usedDown 6 points from 61% in 2004
Access to electricity: 59%2024of people with electricityUp 33 points from 26% in 2005
Infant mortality: 452024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 26 from 71 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.5 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.2 t from 0.3 t in 2005
Forest area: 26%2023of land under forestDown 8 points from 35% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each 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	0.351	53.0	—	—	6.74	93.7	—	98	0.1	42.9	—	—
1991	0.358	53.4	—	35.3	6.67	95.0	—	96	0.1	42.3	—	—
1992	0.363	54.1	—	35.8	6.59	94.8	—	94	0.1	41.6	—	—
1993	0.371	54.6	—	36.2	6.51	95.0	—	92	0.1	41.0	—	—
1994	0.375	55.0	—	36.5	6.42	95.0	—	90	0.1	40.4	—	—
1995	0.383	55.4	—	36.8	6.33	94.8	—	88	0.1	39.8	—	—
1996	0.389	55.6	0.0	37.1	6.28	84.2	15	87	0.2	39.2	—	—
1997	0.396	56.0	0.0	37.4	6.23	80.6	19	85	0.2	38.5	—	—
1998	0.401	56.1	0.1	37.7	6.14	79.6	20	83	0.2	37.9	—	—
1999	0.407	56.3	0.2	38.0	6.03	76.9	21	82	0.2	37.3	—	—
2000	0.415	56.6	0.2	38.3	5.94	70.3	22	80	0.2	36.7	—	—
2001	0.426	56.6	0.4	38.6	5.85	66.9	22	78	0.3	36.2	—	—
2002	0.435	56.9	0.7	39.0	5.79	64.0	23	76	0.3	35.8	—	—
2003	0.442	57.1	0.9	39.4	5.76	61.7	24	74	0.3	35.3	—	—
2004	0.449	57.4	1.2	39.9	5.72	60.7	25	73	0.3	34.9	—	—
2005	0.456	57.7	1.3	40.3	5.69	59.2	26	71	0.3	34.5	—	—
2006	0.462	58.0	1.5	40.8	5.67	57.3	28	69	0.4	34.0	809	2021
2007	0.469	58.3	1.8	41.3	5.63	54.5	28	68	0.5	33.6	912	2136
2008	0.475	58.1	1.9	41.8	5.55	54.8	29	67	0.5	33.1	1061	2215
2009	0.480	58.3	2.2	42.3	5.49	52.8	30	65	0.5	32.7	1024	2213
2010	0.485	58.4	3.1	42.9	5.45	47.2	34	64	0.5	32.2	973	2220
2011	0.490	58.5	4.2	43.5	5.44	48.7	37	62	0.5	31.8	1059	2265
2012	0.497	58.6	4.5	44.0	5.43	50.3	38	61	0.5	31.4	1072	2346
2013	0.506	58.9	4.9	44.6	5.41	52.0	35	60	0.5	30.9	1169	2512
2014	0.509	59.0	6.0	45.3	5.37	51.0	34	58	0.5	30.5	1204	2670
2015	0.511	59.1	11.3	45.9	5.32	49.9	30	57	0.5	30.0	1002	2725
2016	0.510	59.3	14.5	46.6	5.25	45.4	37	56	0.6	29.6	1011	2842
2017	0.507	59.5	18.7	47.3	5.16	45.4	35	54	0.6	29.1	1055	2886
2018	0.507	59.7	19.0	48.0	5.03	44.0	39	53	0.7	28.7	1152	2965
2019	0.507	59.9	20.5	48.7	4.90	46.5	40	52	0.6	28.3	1131	3149
2020	0.504	60.1	22.1	49.5	4.80	46.2	41	50	0.7	27.8	1200	3245
2021	0.506	59.6	28.2	50.2	4.71	54.5	42	49	0.5	27.4	1319	3464
2022	0.512	60.5	30.5	51.0	4.63	—	57	48	0.5	26.9	1266	3844
2023	0.515	60.8	32.4	51.8	4.56	—	57	47	0.5	26.5	1394	4133
2024	—	61.0	34.0	52.5	4.48	—	59	45	0.5	—	1485	4441
2025	—	—	—	53.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	1658	4817
On the profile	0.515	61.0	34.0	53.4	4.48	54.5	—	—	0.5	26.5	1658	4817

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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