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Benin
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Macro signals
Sovereign risk
Currency and markets
Political context
Sovereign Ratings
Exchange Rates
Markets
Latest News
Office holders
Romuald Wadagni
in office
Patrice Talon
Thomas Boni Yayi
Mathieu Kérékou
Nicéphore Soglo
Mathieu Kérékou
Maurice Kouandété
Paul-Émile de Souza
How a head of state came to power is not recorded in this dataset, and is not inferred here.
Parliamentary elections
36.7%
turnout
- Seats
- 109
- Registered
- 7,834,608
- Voters
- 2,877,773
37.8%
turnout
- Seats
- 109
- Registered
- 6,769,817
- Voters
- 2,558,446
- Women elected
- 25.7%
27.1%
turnout
- Seats
- 83
- Registered
- 4,992,399
- Voters
- 1,353,955
- Parties with seats
- 2
- Women elected
- 7.2%
65.9%
turnout
- Seats
- 83
- Registered
- 4,470,591
- Voters
- 2,945,020
- Parties with seats
- 11
- Women elected
- 7.2%
Constitutions
1990
in force
Benin's Constitution of 1990
Download PDF
year 1990
National constitutions (Constitute Project)
retrieved 2026-07-28
CC-BY-NC-SA (Comparative Constitutions Project) — check before republishing
Governance indicators
Battle-related deaths
reported outcome
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
77.0people
Control of corruption
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
43.0score 0-100
Government effectiveness
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
47.7score 0-100
Intentional homicides
reported outcome
year 2017
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
1.1per 100,000 people
Internally displaced, new displacements by conflict
reported outcome
year 2023
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
6,500.0people
Political stability and absence of violence
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
59.0score 0-100
Political stability estimate
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
-0.4-2.5 to +2.5
Regulatory quality
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
50.5score 0-100
Rule of law
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
49.9score 0-100
Voice and accountability
year 2024
Safety, stability and governance indices (WGI + outcome measures)
retrieved 2026-07-28
50.2score 0-100
These are the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators. Freedom House ratings are not collected by this observatory and are therefore not shown.
Country evolution timeline 2001–2026
Dated political, economic, and security records only. Each item keeps its source and retrieval date where the upstream table provides it. Latest retrieval 2026-08-24
Politics11
Economy6
Security5
- 2026 Politics Benin Senate July 2026 Election year 2026 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2026 Politics Romuald Wadagni President of the Republic of Benin year 2026 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2026 Politics Benin National Assembly January 2026 Election 36.7% turnout year 2026 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 8.1% Latest GDP growth GDP growth (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 8.1% Growth peak GDP growth (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy 1.1% Latest inflation Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Economy $1,658 Latest GDP per capita GDP per capita (current US$) year 2025 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Security 160 Latest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2025 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2025 Security 160 Highest organized-violence fatalities Organized violence fatalities, total (best estimate) year 2025 ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Security 6,500 Latest conflict displacement Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2023 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Security 6,500 Conflict displacement peak Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflict and violence year 2023 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2023 Politics Benin National Assembly January 2023 Election 37.8% turnout year 2023 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2019 Politics Benin National Assembly April 2019 Election 27.1% turnout year 2019 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2017 Security 1 Latest homicide rate Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) year 2017 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2016 Politics Patrice Talon President of the Republic of Benin year 2016 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2015 Politics Benin National Assembly April 2015 Election 65.9% turnout year 2015 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2011 Politics Benin National Assembly April 2011 Election year 2011 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2008 Economy 7.9% Inflation peak Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) year 2008 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2007 Politics Benin National Assembly March 2007 Election year 2007 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2006 Politics Thomas Boni Yayi President of the Republic of Benin year 2006 wikidata retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2005 Economy 1.7% Growth trough GDP growth (annual %) year 2005 world_bank_api_v2 retrieved 2026-08-24
- 2003 Politics Benin National Assembly March 2003 Election year 2003 ipu_parline retrieved 2026-08-24
Organized-violence fatalities per year (UCDP)
ucdp_organized_violence_cy_26_1
retrieved 2026-08-24
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