Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cote d'Ivoire instead of Benin, you would:
Health
be 2.3 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Benin, 0.9% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 2.1% of people as of 2020.
Economy
make 57.6% more money
Benin has a GDP per capita of $3,300 as of 2020, while in Cote d'Ivoire, the GDP per capita is $5,200 as of 2020.
be 9.4 times more likely to be unemployed
In Benin, 1.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 9.4% as of 2013.
Life
be 2.1 times more likely to be literate
In Benin, the literacy rate is 42.4% as of 2018. In Cote d'Ivoire, it is 89.9% as of 2019.
be 55.4% more likely to die during childbirth
In Benin, approximately 397.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cote d'Ivoire, 617.0 women do as of 2017.
have 31.2% fewer children
In Benin, there are approximately 41.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Cote d'Ivoire, there are 28.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 2.3 times more likely to have access to electricity
In Benin, approximately 33% of people have electricity access (58% in urban areas, and 9% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 76% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 51% in rural areas) as of 2019.
be 38.5% more likely to have internet access
In Benin, approximately 26.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Cote d'Ivoire, about 36.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 23.3% more on education
Benin spends 3.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Cote d'Ivoire spends 3.7% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 37.5% more on healthcare
Benin spends 2.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 3.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 4.3 times more coastline
Benin has a total of 121 km of coastline. In Cote d'Ivoire, that number is 515 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cote d'Ivoire: At a glance
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