West Africa
Benin
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Benin's #1 import source (world lens). Benin is the EU's #154 goods supplier.
Benin on the world stage
Total imports
$3.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$1.1bn
138 partners
#1 import source
India
18.0%
#1 export dest.
Bangladesh
43.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Benin and the EU
EU imports from
€50m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€728m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #154 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 14.61
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
590
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (SBEE)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
ARE (Autorite de Regulation de l'Electricite)
Imports roughly 60% of electricity from Nigeria, Ghana, and Togo/Cote d'Ivoire via WAPP. SBEE (state) is the distribution monopoly. Domestic generation growing (Maria Gleta gas plant) but still insufficient.
Tracked infrastructure
1 solar farms
25 MW · 2 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
1
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
17.9
→ 23 by 2050
Fertility
4.48
above replacement
Working-age
55.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.6
→ 7.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 14.5M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +68% (24.4M)