Benin

Region: West Africa | Composite: 3.06 / 5.0 (geometric mean) | Weakest Factor: Security (2/5) | Tier: 3 | Data: 2026

Score Snapshot

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FactorScoreContinuousKey MetricConfidence
Food5/599.9Water stress (0.00)ESTIMATED
Energy3/549.3Energy production/consumption ratio (0.59)PARTIAL
Technology3/552.9Manufacturing value added (% GDP) (10.2)VERIFIED
Demographics3/550.4Working-age ratio (0.55)VERIFIED
Security2/520.2Nuclear weapons status (none)PARTIAL

Bloc Context

Benin sits in West Africa, where the strongest shared factor is energy (3.9/5 average) and the weakest shared factor is security (1.6/5 average).

See West Africa Analysis for regional aggregation and complementarity.

Factor Notes

Benin is relatively strongest in food, where the current display score is 5/5. The weakest available factor is security at 2/5, which is the main quantitative constraint in this auto-generated profile. Lower-confidence coverage currently affects Food. Missing supplementary metrics do not block page generation, but they reduce detail for Food, Energy, Technology, Demographics, Security.

Sources

  • Food: FAOSTAT Fertilizers by Nutrient, WRI Aqueduct (2023)
  • Energy: World Bank WDI (2022)
  • Technology: Harvard Growth Lab, Our World in Data / World Bank, World Bank WDI (2024)
  • Demographics: Our World in Data / UN World Population Prospects (2023)
  • Security: Curated dataset, Fragile States Index, World Bank WDI (2026)