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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	11 388	15 687	19 673^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.8	3.8	6.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 002.0	1 200.0	1 394.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	28.7	29.7	28.1^b
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	17.8	17.8	19.1^b
Economy: Services and other activity^h,j (% of GVA)	53.5	52.5	52.8^b
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	36.1	29.5	28^b
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	20.2	21.9	22^b
Employment in services^k (% employed)	43.8	48.6	50^b
Unemployment^k (% of labour force)	1.8	1.5	1.8
Labour force participation rate^k (female/male pop. %)	72.0 / 75.1	73.7 / 75.9	74.4 / 77.1
CPI: Consumer Price Index^l (2010=100)	110^k	114^k	122^m,n,f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	93	121	137^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	625	846	2 595^k,f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 547	2 654	2 991^k,f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 922	- 1 808	-396^k,f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-679	-274	- 1 609^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.9	2.6	2.4^a
Urban population (% of total population)	45.7	47.9^o	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	4^p	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	5.3	4.8	4.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	60.1 / 58.1	61.6 / 58.7	62.6 / 59.7^a
Population age distribution^q (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.4 / 4.7	42.7 / 4.8	41.3 / 5.0^a
International migrant stock^r,s (000/% of total pop.)	366.3 / 3.2	394.3 / 3.0	418.2 / 2.9^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.6	1.8	25.8^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	97.1	85.6	76.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^t (% of GDP)	2.7	2.7	2.7^u
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^v	0.1^o	0.2^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	117.7 / 126.2	99.9 / 108.1	103.9 / 112.1^u
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	60.9 / 74.8	50.1 / 56.8	50.9 / 55.7^u
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	24.2 / 47.9	23.4 / 35.8	24.5 / 33.5^u
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	8.4	7.2^w	26.6^w

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	11.3	22.1	32.2^b
Threatened species (number)	74	106	141^f
Forested area (% of land area)	30	27.8	26.9^u
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	5.2 / 0.5	5.2 / 0.4	5.7 / 0.4^u
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	104	124	128^u
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	16	15	16^u
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^u
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	3.86	6.77	5.29^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
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		2024
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
j		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. 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		2019
p		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
q		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
r		Refers to foreign citizens.
s		Including refugees.
t		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
u		2022
v		2011
w		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.