Benin

RegionSub-Saharan Africa

GDP24.71[PPP 2011$ billions]

GDP per capita2151.54[$]

Population11.49[millions]

Urbanization48.41[%]

Land Area116156.33[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Component	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change
EPI	157	30	2.7
Health	157	20.3	0.5
Air Quality	147	25.6	-2.8
PM2.5	100	37.5	-6.3
Household solid fuels	163	9	2.8
Ozone	153	27.1	-9
Sanitation & Drinking Water	158	13.4	4.1
Sanitation	161	13.3	4.2
Drinking water	156	13.5	4.1
Heavy Metals	137	36.8	3.5
Lead	137	36.8	3.5
Waste Management	113	5.8	-
Solid waste	113	5.8	-
Ecosystem Vitality	142	36.4	4.2
Biodiversity	70	67	0.7
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l)	1	100	-
Terrestrial biomes (global)	1	100	-
Marine protected areas	117	-	-
Protected Areas Rep. Ind.	44	46	17.8
Species Habitat Index	76	86.4	-10.5
Species Protection Index	59	87.6	-
Biodiversity Habitat Index	105	50.2	0.2
Ecosystem Services	137	24.4	4.9
Tree cover loss	136	20.4	1.7
Grassland loss	162	20.8	7.2
Wetland loss	1	100	60
Fisheries	82	11.7	-
Fish Stock Status	-	-	-
Marine Trophic Index	83	11.7	-
Fish caught by trawling	-	-	-
Climate Change	155	30.7	10.4
CO2 growth rate	140	23.4	23.4
CH4 growth rate	136	44.5	3.8
F-gas growth rate	-	-	-
N2O growth rate	123	44.4	-6.9
Black Carbon growth rate	161	11.9	-88.1
CO2 from land cover	86	50.4	-
GHG intensity trend	126	37.2	14.5
GHG per capita	23	85.7	-1
Pollution Emissions	155	33.4	-13.5
SO2 growth rate	137	43.5	-8.4
NOx growth rate	151	23.3	-18.7
Agriculture	71	42.7	0.9
Sustainable N Mgmt Index	71	42.7	0.9
Water Resources	134	-	-
Wastewater treatment	134	-	-

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2020

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