Benin

Demography

Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 71.2 

Annual growth rate of the population: 2.7 %

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 60.5 %

Life expectancy at birth: 61.2 ans

Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 42 %

Production

Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 10,354,300,000.00 

Agriculture value added of GDP: 22.6 

Industry value added of GDP: 21.5 

Services value added of GDP: 6.8 

Trade

Total exports in billions of US dollars: 629,814.00 

Total imports in billions of US dollars: 4,341,830.00 

Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Bars and rods of iron or steel (1.63 %)
Other bars and rods of iron or steel (1.08 %)
Woven fabrics of cotton (0.93 %)
Bars and rods of iron or steel, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn (0.57 %)
Hydraulic cements (0.33 %)

Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Cotton, not carded or combed (14.97 %)
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts (12.43 %)
Wood in the rough (4.99 %)
Meat and edible offal of the poultry (3.14 %)
Rice (2.80 %)