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Benin

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital City: Porto-Novo
Country Code: BJ

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Year: 2024 = 199.279140
Year: 2023 = 202.802531
Year: 2022 = 205.521939
Year: 2021 = 219.011093
Year: 2020 = 218.822449

Lending Interest Rate

Year: 2021 = 6.250%
Year: 2020 = 6.538%
Year: 2019 = 6.688%
Year: 2018 = 6.763%
Year: 2017 = 6.934%

Unfortunately, lending rates are from the World Bank and may be outdated, as many countries stopped reporting lending rates after 2019. You may easily get more updated data from the Reserve Bank for the country, or any commercial bank website.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Year: 2023 = 0.408
Year: 2022 = 0.434
Year: 2021 = 0.443
Year: 2020 = 0.436
Year: 2019 = 0.428

The HDI is recalculated every year using the most recent data and functional forms. Rankings in one report cannot be directly compared to earlier editions.


Data Attribution: The World Bank | UNDP/HDRO
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