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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	6 970	11 380	14 403^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.1	13	6.9^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	757.7	1 076.0	1 220.5^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	25.4	28.7^g	29.4^g,b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	24.7	17.8^h,i	17.9^h,i,b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	49.9	53.5^j	52.7^j,b
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	44	41.2	38^f
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	18.7	18.6	19.1^f
Employment in services^k (% employed)	37.3	40.2	42.9^f
Unemployment^k (% of labour force)	1	2.6	2^f
Labour force participation rate^k (female/male pop. %)	69.2 / 73.0	68.4 / 73.3	69.0 / 73.0^f
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k,l (2010=100)	100	110	114^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	77	93	119^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	534	626	763^k,f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 134	2 475	2 551^k,f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 600	- 1 849	- 1 788^k,f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-531	-679	-581^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^m (average annual %)	2.8	2.8	2.7^f
Urban population (% of total population)	43.1	45.7	47.9^b
Urban population growth rate^m (average annual %)	4.1	4	...
Fertility rate, total^m (live births per woman)	5.5	5.2	4.9^f
Life expectancy at birth^m (females/males, years)	60.0 / 57.1	61.4 / 58.5	62.8 / 59.8^f
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	43.8 / 4.9	43.0 / 5.0	41.7 / 5.1^a
International migrant stock^n,o (000/% of total pop.)	309.2 / 3.4	366.3 / 3.5	394.3 / 3.3^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	7.3^p	0.6	1.8^f
Infant mortality rate^m (per 1 000 live births)	74.5	67.7	61.1^f
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	3	2.9	2.5^e
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1	0.1^q	0.1^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.7	3.2	2.9^k,e
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	113.2 / 126.9	127.6 / 137.2	112.4 / 120.9^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	48.9 / 68.5	50.7 / 67.1^r
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	15.2 / 29.6^k,s	25.8 / 51.5	25.8 / 48.5^r
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	...	1.1^t
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	10.8	8.4	8.4^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	3.1	11.3^k	14.1^k,t
Threatened species (number)	62	74	114
Forested area^k (% of land area)	32.2	30	28.7^e
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	4.6 / 0.5	5.3 / 0.5	7.2 / 0.6^e
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	86	114	114^e
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	17	18	19^e
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	199	255	295^e
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	66.7	66.7	66.7^f
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	7.27	3.86	4.16^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
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		2020
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Excludes publishing activities.
i		Includes irrigation canals.
j		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		For Cotonou only.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Including refugees.
o		Refers to foreign citizens.
p		Data as at the end of December.
q		2011
r		2016
s		2005
t		2017
u		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.