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Statistiques pour le Bénin

Social Indicators

Total population (million), 2003

6.7

Population growth (annual%), 2003

2.5

Population density (people per sq km), 2003    60.8

Rural population density (people per km2), 2003

..

Rural population ( % of total population)

55.5

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

37.9

Crude death rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

12.7

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2003

91.0

Under-5 mortality rate(per 1,000 children), 2003

154.0

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

53.0

Prevalence of HIV (% ages 15-49), 2003

1.9

Total labour force (million)

3.1

Female labour force     (% of total labour force), 2003

48.1

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Poverty Indicators

Number of rural poor (million) (approximate),1999

    1.6

 Rural population below the povertyline (%), 1999

  33.0

Population living below $1 a day (%), 1990-20011/

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Population living below $2 a day (%), 1990-20011/

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Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1999

  26.5

Share of poorest 20% in national income or consumption (%), 1990-20011/

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Education

School enrolment, primary (% gross), 2002

109.3

Literacy rate adult total(%of people ages 15 and above), 2002

39.8

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Nutrition

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (%of children under 5), 2001

22.9

Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (%of children under 5), 2001

30.7

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population), 2002

15.0

Daily calorie supply per capita (kcal/day) 2000-20022/

2,520.0


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Health

Health expenditure, total (as % of GDP), 2002

4.7

Physicians (per thousand people), 1990-2004 1/

0.1
Improved water source rural(%of rural population with access), 2002   60.0
Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access), 2002   12.0

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Agriculture and food

Agricultural labour force (% of total labour force), 20032/

51.0

Food imports (% of merchandise imports), 2002

23.9

Fertilizer consumption (hundreds of grams per ha of arable land), 2002

187.6

Food production index (1999-2001=100), 2004

138.0

Crop production index (1999-2001 = 100), 2004

90.3
Cereal yield (kg per ha), 2004
1,063.1

Major Exports (% share in Agriculture), 20032/

Cotton lint

57.0

Meat NES

13.1

Cashew nuts

11.7

Major Imports (% share in Agriculture), 20032/

Turkey meat

8.0

Chicken meat

10.9

Rice, milled

19.2

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Environment

Land area (km2)

110.6

Arable land as (% of land area)20022/

23.1

Forest area as (% of total land area), 20002/

24.0

Irrigated land (as % of cropland), 20022/

0.4


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Economic Indicators

Local currency

Exchange rate: US$ 1.00=

547.5 XOF

GNI per capita,Atlas method (current US$), 2003

440.0

GDP (current, US$ million), 2003

3,475.6

GDP par habitant growth (annual %), 2003

4.8

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %), 2003

1.5

Sectoral distribution,valu added (%of GDP)

agriculture, 2003

35.7

industry, 2003

14.4

manufacturing, 2003

9.0

services

50.0

Consumption

General government final consumption expenditure (as % of GDP), 2003

13.9

Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (as % of GDP), 2003

80.6

Gross domestic savings (as % of GDP), 2003

5.5

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Trade

Merchandise exports (US$ million), 2003

   541.0

Merchandise imports (US$ million), 2003

   758.0

Balance of merchandise trade (US$ million), 2003

  -217.0

Foreign direct investment net, 2001

     41.6

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Government finance

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

..

Expense (% of GDP)

..

Total external debt (DOD, current US$ million), 2003

1,828.3

Present value of debt (as % of GNI), 2003

28.0

Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services), 2003

..

Official development assistance and official aid (current US$ million), 2003

293.7

Lending interest rate (%)

..

Deposit interest rate (%), 2003

33.6

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Technology and infrastructure
Mobile phones (per 1,000 people), 2003   33.6

Fixed line and mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people), 2003

116.3

Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes), 2003

0.1

Personal computers (per 1,000 people), 2003

3.7

Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2003

10.0

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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2005 unless otherwise specified below

1/ UNDP, Human Development Report

2/ FAO 2005 Food and agriculture indicators

 

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