Portulans Institute

Benin

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 14,462,724
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 4,250

Performance Overview

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Country

Benin

Score

27.74

Rank

122

Input

117

Output

128

Enable

42.26

Attract

44.57

Grow

20.12

Retain

24.26

VT

29.19

GA

6.00

Pillar: Enable Score: 42.26Rank: 96
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Regulatory Landscape

45.40 80

1. Government effectiveness

44.7781

2. Rule of law

39.9696

3. Political stability

57.3785

4. Regulatory quality

39.9286

5. Corruption

45.0058

Market Landscape

35.91 107

1. Extent of market dominance

66.6310

2. Domestic credit to private sector

5.71113

3. Cluster development

36.54117

4. R&D expenditure

n/an/a

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

28.79122

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

7. Urbanisation

41.85101

Business & Labour Landscape

45.48 76

1. Labour rights

92.9036

2. Labour-employer cooperation

65.5342

3. Professional management

61.9455

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

45.5580

5. Enterprise software

10.06107

6. Cloud computing

9.1696

7. Firms with website

33.1992
Pillar: Attract Score: 44.57Rank: 95
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External Openness

21.25 121

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

47.9285

3. Migrant stock

5.3984

4. International students

10.4466

5. Brain gain

n/an/a

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

67.89 38

1. Tolerance of minorities

75.5318

2. Tolerance of immigrants

87.6913

3. Social mobility

73.9112

4. Economic empowerment of women

83.7569

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

23.26112

6. Leadership opportunities for women

63.1776
Pillar: Grow Score: 20.12Rank: 119
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Formal Education

3.70 120

1. Vocational enrolment

7.49100

2. Tertiary enrolment

4.59116

3. Tertiary education expenditure

2.7185

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

17.12 131

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

20.5887

3. Employee development

30.77132

Access to Growth Opportunities

39.56 99

1. Delegation of authority

65.5928

2. Youth inclusion

72.8954

3. Use of virtual social networks

14.20119

4. Use of virtual professional networks

5.55109
Pillar: Retain Score: 24.26Rank: 128
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Sustainability

20.39 135

1. Pension coverage

8.27123

2. Social protection

3.04133

3. Brain retention

n/an/a

4. Environmental performance

37.80106

5. Vulnerable employment

3.62133

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

48.9563

7. Household Financial Resilience

20.6784

Lifestyle

28.13 118

1. Personal rights

65.3257

2. Personal safety

39.53107

3. Physician density

2.56116

4. Sanitation

7.52131

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

25.70111
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 29.19Rank: 124
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Mid-level Skills

3.93 132

1. Workforce with secondary education

6.30122

2. Population with secondary education

1.42121

3. Technicians and associate professionals

4.06122

4. Labour productivity per employee

n/an/a

Employability

54.46 93

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

62.1342

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

63.4322

3. Skills matching

15.53107

4. Highly educated unemployment

76.7679
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 6.00Rank: 131
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High-level Skills

4.23 131

1. Workforce with tertiary education

4.43120

2. Soft Skills

n/an/a

3. Professionals

5.13123

4. Researchers

n/an/a

5. Senior officials and managers

3.13119

6. Digital skills

n/an/a

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

7.77 125

1. ICT services exports

2.42113

2. Mobile apps development

39.99117

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

0.00121

4. High-value exports

6.8586

5. Software development

0.95116

6. New business density

3.1495

7. Scientific journal articles

1.04105

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