Social Development in Benin 141 indicators covering social development for Benin. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 7 2018 unchanged 69th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 3,407 2025 up 198.6% 88th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 up 129.0% 115th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 38.4% 75th Political Rights Score 19 2025 down 42.4% 116th Freedom Score 61 2025 down 25.6% 101st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 11,947 2025 up 6,688.1% 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 5,105.5% 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 3,046.7% 25th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -8.54 % change on previous year 2025 down 112.8% 56th Full democracy 0 2025 down 100.0% 78th States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 — 1st Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 17 2018 unchanged 70th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 70.84 % change on previous year 2025 down 55.4% 10th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.759 2025 down 13.6% 48th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.871 2025 up 5.2% 64th Political Corruption Index 0.191 2025 down 63.8% 133rd Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.191 2025 down 63.8% 133rd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.4759 2024 down 25.4% 133rd Number of armed conflicts 1 conflicts 2025 — 19th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 — 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.025 units per square kilometre 2023 up 462.1% 109th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0899 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9,459.4% 43rd LGBT+ Rights Index 0.0719 2019 unchanged 123rd Forcibly displaced people 54,921 2025 up 7,723.5% 97th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 1 2016 down 50.0% 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 — 1st Age of electoral democracy 28 years 2018 up 55.6% 95th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2018 — 74th Corruption Perceptions Index 45 2024 up 15.4% 69th Internally displaced people due to conflict 8,785 people 2024 — 33rd Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.09 2024 down 23.4% 112th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.48 2024 down 23.4% 113th Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.61 2024 down 23.4% 15th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0015 2024 down 45.2% 44th Self-reported life satisfaction 4.39 2025 up 26.1% 126th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.39 2025 up 26.1% 126th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 20.0% 2024 up 4.9% 152nd Age of electoral democracy 27 years 2018 up 58.8% 66th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 0.3831 2020 down 8.7% 36th Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.4067 2020 down 53.5% 39th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 — 1st Homicides 748.76 deaths 2021 up 20.7% 67th Homicide rate 5.76 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.7% 82nd Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 5.78 2021 down 9.4% 79th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 394,000 2030 up 7.9% 117th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 8.48 2030 down 3.6% 52nd Age of full democracy 23 years 2017 up 76.9% 72nd Freedom of Association Score 6 2025 down 33.3% 46th Freedom of Expression Score 6 2025 down 14.3% 41st Civil Rights Score 7 2025 down 12.5% 19th Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 6.3% 2030 down 23.2% 153rd Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 565,000 2030 up 4.8% 107th Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 44.7% 2020 down 2.2% 86th Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 54.1% 2020 down 1.6% 101st ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →