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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	11 380	15 687	17 397^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.8	3.8	6.3^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 040.9	1 240.7	1 302.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	28.7	29.7	29.6^b
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	17.8	17.8	18.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h,j (% of GVA)	53.5	52.5	51.6^b
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	36	29.4	28.4^b
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	20.1	22.1	22.3^b
Employment in services^k (% employed)	43.9	48.5	49.3^b
Unemployment^k (% of labour force)	1.8	1.6	1.4
Labour force participation rate^k (female/male pop. %)	62.2 / 71.5	55.8 / 68.5	56.8 / 68.8
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	110^k	114^k	121^m,n,f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	93	122	129^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	625	846	1 052^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 547	2 654	3 905^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 922	- 1 808	- 2 853^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-679	-274	-735^o

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.9	2.6	2.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	45.7	47.9^p	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	4^q	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	5.3	4.8	4.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	60.1 / 58.1	61.6 / 58.7	62.4 / 59.5^a
Population age distribution^r (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.4 / 4.7	42.7 / 4.8	41.6 / 5.0^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	366.3 / 3.5^s,t	394.3 / 3.3^s,t	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.6	1.8	9.3^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	97.1	85.6	77.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^u (% of GDP)	2.7	2.5	2.6^o
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^v	0.1^p	0.2^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.2	2.9	3.2^o
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	122.6 / 131.5	104.7 / 113.5	108.7 / 117.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	63.4 / 78.0	52.1 / 59.2	53.2 / 58.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	25.2 / 49.9	24.2 / 37.3	25.3 / 34.7^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.4	7.2^w	26.6^w

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	11.3	22.1	33.8^b
Threatened species (number)	74	106	135^f
Forested area (% of land area)	30	27.8	27.4^o
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	5.2 / 0.5	5.2 / 0.4	5.4 / 0.4^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	104	124	124^o
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	16	16	16^o
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	255	325	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	66.7	66.7	66.7^f
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	3.3 / 1.4	3.6 / 1.8	3.6 / 1.8^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	3.87	6.78	4.83^o

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Porto-Novo is the constitutional capital and Cotonou is the economic capital.
d		African Financial Community (CFA) Franc, Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
e		2018
f		2023
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
j		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		For Cotonou only.
m		WAEMU harmonized consumer price index.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
o		2021
p		2019
q		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
r		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
s		Refers to foreign citizens.
t		Including refugees.
u		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
v		2011
w		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.