Benin
General information
Capital: Porto-Novo
Currency unit: CFA franc
Official language: French
Area: 114,760 km²
Population in million: 11.2
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 830
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 2,266
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 70.9
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.8 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 63.5 %
Life expectancy at birth: 60.9 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 38 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 9.27
Agriculture value added of GDP: 22.5
Industry value added of GDP: 21.4
Services value added of GDP: 46.9
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 1.11
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 4.75
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Bars and rods of iron or steel (1.64 %)
Other bars and rods of iron or steel (1.09 %)
Woven fabrics of cotton (0.94 %)
Bars and rods of iron or steel, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn (0.57 %)
Hydraulic cements (0.34 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Cotton, not carded or combed (15.10 %)
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts (12.48 %)
Wood in the rough (5.00 %)
Meat and edible offal of the poultry (3.17 %)
Rice (2.83 %)