Benin vs Zambia: GDP per capita

Benin

3,473 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Zambia

3,431 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Benin rank

158th

Zambia rank

159th

GDP per capita over time

Benin
Zambia

How they compare

Benin currently reports 3,473 international-$ in 2021 prices against 3,431 international-$ in 2021 prices in Zambia, a difference of 41.15 international-$ in 2021 prices.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 158th and Zambia ranks 159th of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: GDP per capita
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 184 places, 10,907 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.