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"Terrain": {
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"text": "mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Atlantic Ocean 0 m"
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "273 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Mont Sokbaro 658 m"
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m ++ Mont Sokbaro 658 m"
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}
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"Natural resources": {
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "230.4 sq km (2008)"
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "26.39 cu km (2011)"
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},
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "0.13 cu km/yr (32%/23%/45%)"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "18.74 cu m/yr (2001)"
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}
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"text": "230 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "10,741,458",
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"note": {
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"text": "estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Beninese (singular and plural)"
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}
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},
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"Ethnic groups": {
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"text": "Fon and related 39.2%, Adja and related 15.2%, Yoruba and related 12.3%, Bariba and related 9.2%, Peulh and related 7%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4%, Dendi and related 2.5%, other 1.6%, unspecified 2.9% (2002 est.)"
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"text": "Fon and related 38.4%, Adja and related 15.1%, Yoruba and related 12%, Bariba and related 9.6%, Fulani and related 8.6%, Ottamari and related 6.1%, Yoa-Lokpa and related 4.3%, Dendi and related 2.9%, other 0.9%, foreigner 1.9% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"Languages": {
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"text": "French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)"
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},
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Catholic 27.1%, Muslim 24.4%, Vodoun 17.3%, Protestant 10.4% (Celestial 5%, Methodist 3.2%, other Protestant 2.2%), other traditional religions 6%, other Christian 5.3%, other 1.9%, none 6.5%, unspecified 1.1% (2002 est.)"
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"text": "Muslim 27.7%, Catholic 25.5%, Protestant 13.5% (Celestial 6.7%, Methodist 3.4%, other Protestant 3.4%), Vodoun 11.6%, other Christian 9.5%, other traditional religions 2.6%, other 2.6%, none 5.8% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "10,448,647",
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"note": {
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"text": "estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)"
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}
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"Demographic profile": {
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"text": "Benin has a youthful age structure – almost 65% of the population is under the age of 25 – which is bolstered by high fertility and population growth rates. Benin’s total fertility has been falling over time but remains high, declining from almost 7 children per women in 1990 to 4.8 in 2016. Benin’s low contraceptive use and high unmet need for contraception contribute to the sustained high fertility rate. Although the majority of Beninese women use skilled health care personnel for antenatal care and delivery, the high rate of maternal mortality indicates the need for more access to high quality obstetric care. Poverty, unemployment, increased living costs, and dwindling resources increasingly drive the Beninese to migrate. An estimated 4.4 million, more than 40%, of Beninese live abroad. Virtually all Beninese emigrants move to West African countries, particularly Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire. Of the less than 1% of Beninese emigrants who settle in Europe, the vast majority live in France, Benin’s former colonial ruler. With about 40% of the population living below the poverty line, many desperate parents resort to sending their children to work in wealthy households as domestic servants (a common practice known as vidomegon), mines, quarries, or agriculture domestically or in Nigeria and other neighboring countries, often under brutal conditions. Unlike in other West African countries, where rural people move to the coast, farmers from Benin’s densely populated southern and northwestern regions move to the historically sparsely populated central region to pursue agriculture. Immigrants from West African countries came to Benin in increasing numbers between 1992 and 2002 because of its political stability and porous borders."
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "43.42% (male 2,314,981/female 2,222,185)"
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"text": "43.04% (male 2,358,838/female 2,264,204)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "20.19% (male 1,073,356/female 1,036,459)"
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"text": "20.32% (male 1,110,607/female 1,072,196)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "30.04% (male 1,585,098/female 1,553,965)"
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"text": "30.24% (male 1,641,547/female 1,606,185)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "3.53% (male 157,171/female 211,292)"
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"text": "3.56% (male 165,496/female 217,192)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "2.82% (male 116,693/female 177,447) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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"text": "2.84% (male 120,629/female 184,564) (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "17.9 years"
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"text": "18 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "17.5 years"
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"text": "17.7 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "18.3 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "18.4 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "2.78% (2015 est.)"
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"text": "2.75% (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "36.02 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "35.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "8.21 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "1.02 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "0.74 male(s)/female"
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"text": "0.76 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.66 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.01 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Mother's mean age at first birth": {
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"text": "20.3",
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"note": {
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"text": "median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)"
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},
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"Maternal mortality rate": {
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "55.68 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "54.2 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "58.8 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "57.3 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "52.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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"text": "51 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "61.47 years"
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"text": "61.9 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "60.11 years"
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"text": "60.5 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "62.9 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "63.3 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "4.95 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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"text": "4.86 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "12.9% (2011/12)"
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "4.6% of GDP (2013)"
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"text": "4.6% of GDP (2014)"
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},
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2008)"
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}
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "1.14% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "1.06% (2015 est.)"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
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"text": "77,900 (2014 est.)"
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"text": "69,100 (2015 est.)"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
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"text": "2,400 (2014 est.)"
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"text": "2,800 (2015 est.)"
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"Major infectious diseases": {
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"degree of risk": {
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"animal contact disease": {
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"text": "rabies (2016)"
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},
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"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "8.1% (2014)"
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"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
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"text": "20.2% (2006)"
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"text": "18% (2014)"
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "5.3% of GDP (2010)"
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"text": "4.4% of GDP (2014)"
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"Literacy": {
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"definition": {
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "11 years"
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"male": {
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"text": "13 years"
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"female": {
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"male": {
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"text": "Dahomey"
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"etymology": {
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"text": "named for the Bight of Benin, the body of water on which the country lies"
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"Government type": {
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"name": {
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"text": "National Day, 1 August (1960)"
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"text": "previous 1946, 1958 (preindependence); latest adopted by referendum 2 December 1990, promulgated 11 December 1990 (2015)"
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"text": "previous 1946, 1958 (preindependence); latest adopted by referendum 2 December 1990, promulgated 11 December 1990 (2016)"
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"Citizenship": {
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"citizenship by descent only": {
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"text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Benin"
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Thomas YAYI Boni (since 6 April 2006); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
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"text": "President Patrice TALON (since 6 April 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
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"head of government": {
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"text": "President Thomas YAYI Boni (since 6 April 2006); Prime Minister Lionel ZINSOU (since 18 June 2015)"
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"text": "President Patrice TALON (since 6 April 2016); Prime Minister (vacant)"
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Council of Ministers appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in two rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); last held on 13 March 2011 (next to be held in April 2016)"
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"text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); last held on 6 March and 20 March 2016 (next to be held in 2021)"
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"election results": {
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"text": "Thomas YAYI Boni reelected president; percent of vote - Thomas YAYI Boni (FCBE) 53.1%, Adrien HOUNGBEDJI (PRD) 35.6%, Abdoulaye Bio TCHANE 6.1%, other 5.2%"
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"text": "Patrice TALON elected president; first round percent of vote - Lionel ZINSOU (FCBE) 28.4%, Patrice TALON (independent) 24.8%, Sebastien AJAVON (independent) 23.0%, Abdoulaye Bio TCHANE (ABT) 8.8%, Pascal KOUPAKI (NC) 5.9%, other 9.1%; second round percent of vote - Patrice TALON 65.4%, Lionel ZINSOU 34.6%"
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"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (83 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
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"elections": {
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"text": "last held on 26 April 2015 (next to be held in 2019)"
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"text": "last held on 26 April 2015 (next to be held in April 2019)"
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"election results": {
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"text": "percent of vote by party - FCBE 30.2%, UN 14.4%, PRD 10.6%, AND 7.6%, RB-RP 7.1%, other 30.1%; seats by party - FCBE 33, UN 13, PRD 10, AND 5, RB-RP 7, other 15"
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest court(s)": {
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"text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of the court president and 3 chamber presidents organized into an administrative division, judicial chamber, and chamber of accounts); Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle (consists of 7 members including the court president); High Court of Justice (consists of the Constitutional Court members, 6 members appointed by the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court president); note - jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice is limited to cases of high treason by the national president or members of the government"
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"text": "Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of the court president and 3 chamber presidents organized into an administrative division, judicial chamber, and chamber of accounts); Constitutional Court or Cour Constitutionnelle (consists of 7 members including the court president); High Court of Justice (consists of the Constitutional Court members, 6 members appointed by the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court president); note - jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice is limited to cases of high treason by the national president or members of the government while in office"
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"judge selection and term of office": {
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"text": "Supreme Court president and judges appointed by the national president upon the advice of the National Assembly; judges appointed for single renewable 5-year terms; Constitutional Court members - 4 appointed by the National Assembly and 3 by the national president; members appointed for single renewable 5-year terms; High Court of Justice \"other\" members elected by the National Assembly; member tenure NA"
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"Political parties and leaders": {
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"text": "African Movement for Development and Progress or MADEP [Sefou FAGBOHOUN] ++ Benin Renaissance or RB [Nicephore SOGLO] ++ Cowrie Force for an Emerging Benin or FCBE [Yayi BONI] ++ Democratic Renewal Party or PRD [Adrien HOUNGBEDJI] ++ National Alliance for Development and Democracy (Alliance nationale pour le developpement et la democratie) or AND ++ Patriotic Awakening or RP [Janvier YAHOUEDEOU] ++ Rally for Democracy and Progress or RDP [Dominique HOUNGNINOU] ++ Social Democrat Party or PSD [Emmanuel GOLOU] ++ Sun Alliance or AS [Sacca LAFIA] ++ Union for Democracy and National Solidarity or UDS [Sacca LAFIA] ++ Union Makes the Nation or UN [Adrien HOUNGBEDJI] (superceded Alliance for Dynamic Democracy or ADD) ++ United Democratic Forces or FDU [ lMathurin NAGO]",
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"text": "Alliance for a Triumphant Benin or ABT [Abdoulaye BIO TCHANE] ++ African Movement for Development and Progress or MADEP [Sefou FAGBOHOUN] ++ Benin Renaissance or RB [Lehady SOGLO] ++ Cowrie Force for an Emerging Benin or FCBE [Yayi BONI] ++ Democratic Renewal Party or PRD [Adrien HOUNGBEDJI] ++ New Consciousness Rally or NC [Pascal KOUPAKI] ++ Patriotic Awakening or RP [Janvier YAHOUEDEOU] ++ Social Democrat Party or PSD [Emmanuel GOLOU] ++ Sun Alliance or AS [Sacca LAFIA] ++ Union Makes the Nation or UN [Adrien HOUNGBEDJI] (alliance superceded Alliance for Dynamic Democracy or ADD) ++ United Democratic Forces or FDU [Mathurin NAGO]",
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"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Michael RAYNOR (since 24 May 2012)"
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"text": "Ambassador Lucy TAMLYN (since 8 November 2015)"
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"embassy": {
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"text": "Caporal Bernard Anani, 01 BP 2012, Cotonou"
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"text": "[229] 21-30-66-82"
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"text": "[229] 21-30-03-84"
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},
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"Flag description": {
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},
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"Economy": {
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"Economy - overview": {
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"text": "The economy of Benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade. Growth in real output had averaged almost 4% before the global recession and it has exceeded that level in 2013-14. Inflation has subsided over the past several years. In order to raise growth, Benin plans to attract more foreign investment, place more emphasis on tourism, facilitate the development of new food processing systems and agricultural products, and encourage new information and communication technology. Specific projects to improve the business climate by reforms to the land tenure system, the commercial justice system, and the financial sector were included in Benin's $307 million Millennium Challenge Account grant signed in February 2006. The 2001 privatization policy continues in telecommunications, water, electricity, and agriculture. An insufficient electrical supply continues to hamper Benin's economic growth though the government recently has taken steps to increase domestic power production. Private foreign direct investment is small, and foreign aid accounts for the majority of investment in infrastructure projects. Cotton, a key export, suffered from flooding in 2010-11, but high prices supported export earnings. Benin has appealed for international assistance to mitigate piracy against commercial shipping in its territory. In 2012, Benin became eligible for a second Compact under the Millennium Challenge Corporation, which is expected to be signed in 2015."
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"text": "The free market economy of Benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade. Cotton is a key export commodity; high prices supported export earnings. Growth in real output has averaged 6.5% since 2014. Inflation has subsided and remained 1% over the past several years. ++ ++ An insufficient electrical supply continues to hamper Benin's economic growth though the government recently has taken steps to increase domestic power production. Private foreign direct investment is small, and foreign aid accounts for the majority of investment in infrastructure projects. ++ ++ Benin’s 2001 privatization policy continues in telecommunications, water, electricity, and agriculture. Benin has appealed for international assistance to mitigate piracy against commercial shipping in its territory. Though security remains a problem, the Port of Cotonou has made progress towards implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code in an effort to remain competitive. Projects included in Benin's $307 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact (2006-2011) were designed to increase investment and private sector activity by improving key institutional and physical infrastructure. The four projects focused on access to land, access to financial services, access to justice, and access to markets (including modernization of the port). The Port of Cotonou is the largest component of Benin’s economy with revenues projected to account for more than 40% of Benin’s national budget. Realizing its economic potential requires further efforts to infrastructure upgrades, stemming corruption, and expanding access to foreign markets in Nigeria and neighboring landlocked countries. In September 2015, Benin signed a MCC second Compact for $375 million that is designed to strengthen the national utility service provider, attract private sector investment, fund infrastructure investments in electricity generation and distribution, and develop off-grid electrification for poor and unserved households. In order to raise growth, Benin plans to attract more foreign investment, place more emphasis on tourism, facilitate the development of new food processing systems and agricultural products, encourage new information and communication technology, and establish Independent Power Producers (IPP)."
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},
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||||
"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
|
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"text": "$19.86 billion (2014 est.) ++ $18.84 billion (2013 est.) ++ $17.84 billion (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$22.94 billion (2015 est.) ++ $21.86 billion (2014 est.) ++ $20.51 billion (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
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},
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$8.685 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$8.475 billion (2015 est.)"
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},
|
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
|
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"text": "5.4% (2014 est.) ++ 5.6% (2013 est.) ++ 5.4% (2012 est.)"
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"text": "5% (2015 est.) ++ 6.5% (2014 est.) ++ 6.9% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
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"text": "$1,900 (2014 est.) ++ $1,800 (2013 est.) ++ $1,700 (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$2,100 (2015 est.) ++ $2,100 (2014 est.) ++ $2,000 (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
|
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},
|
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"Gross national saving": {
|
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"text": "10.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 13.2% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 9.3% of GDP (2012 est.)"
|
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"text": "16.7% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 16.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 20.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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},
|
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"GDP - composition, by end use": {
|
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"household consumption": {
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"text": "76.7%"
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"text": "67.3%"
|
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},
|
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"government consumption": {
|
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"text": "11.5%"
|
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"text": "15.1%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"investment in fixed capital": {
|
||||
"text": "27.4%"
|
||||
"text": "26%"
|
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},
|
||||
"investment in inventories": {
|
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"text": "0.1%"
|
||||
"text": "0.6%"
|
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},
|
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"exports of goods and services": {
|
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"text": "18.9%"
|
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"text": "26.9%"
|
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},
|
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"imports of goods and services": {
|
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"text": "-34.6% ++ (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "-35.9% (2015 est.)"
|
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}
|
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},
|
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"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
|
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"agriculture": {
|
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"text": "35.9%"
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"text": "23.2%"
|
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},
|
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"industry": {
|
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"text": "13.8%"
|
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"text": "24.9%"
|
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},
|
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"services": {
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"text": "50.3% (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "51.9% (2015 est.)"
|
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}
|
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},
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"Agriculture - products": {
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|
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"text": "textiles, food processing, construction materials, cement"
|
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},
|
||||
"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
||||
"text": "3.5% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.8% (2015 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"Labor force": {
|
||||
"text": "3.662 million (2007 est.)"
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},
|
||||
"Budget": {
|
||||
"revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "$1.964 billion"
|
||||
"text": "$1.476 billion"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.087 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.02 billion (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "22.6% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "17.4% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
||||
"text": "-1.4% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-6.4% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Public debt": {
|
||||
"text": "33.8% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 29.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "37.4% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 30.9% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Fiscal year": {
|
||||
"text": "calendar year"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
||||
"text": "-1.1% (2014 est.) ++ 1% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "0.3% (2015 est.) ++ -1.1% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
||||
"text": "4.25% (31 December 2010) ++ 4.25% (31 December 2009)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -628,49 +640,63 @@
|
|||
"text": "NA%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.336 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.268 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.172 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $2.336 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of broad money": {
|
||||
"text": "$4.165 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $3.61 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
||||
"text": "$1.792 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.851 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.631 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.792 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
|
||||
"text": "$NA"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current account balance": {
|
||||
"text": "-$695 million (2014 est.) ++ -$864 million (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-$893 million (2015 est.) ++ -$834 million (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.147 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.982 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.841 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.562 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "China 27%, India 21.7%, Lebanon 8.4%, Niger 5%, Nigeria 4.5% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "India 24.2%, Gabon 14.6%, China 7.2%, Niger 6%, Bangladesh 5%, Nigeria 4.9%, Vietnam 4.2% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.736 billion (2014 est.) ++ $2.594 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.727 billion (2015 est.) ++ $3.273 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "China 30.2%, Algeria 25.1%, US 6.8%, India 4.6%, Thailand 4.4%, Malaysia 4.3% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "China 42.1%, US 8.9%, India 5.7%, Malaysia 4.8%, Thailand 4.3%, France 4% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
||||
"text": "$726 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $694.9 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$731.6 million (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $726 million (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Debt - external": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.635 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.367 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.115 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.984 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exchange rates": {
|
||||
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - ++ 494.42 (2014 est.) ++ 494.42 (2013 est.) ++ 510.53 (2012 est.) ++ 471.87 (2011 est.) ++ 495.28 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - ++ 591.45 (2015 est.) ++ 494.42 (2014 est.) ++ 494.42 (2013 est.) ++ 510.53 (2012 est.) ++ 471.87 (2011 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Energy": {
|
||||
"Electricity access": {
|
||||
"population without electricity": {
|
||||
"text": "7,300,000"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - total population": {
|
||||
"text": "29%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - urban areas": {
|
||||
"text": "57%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - rural areas": {
|
||||
"text": "9% (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - production": {
|
||||
"text": "154 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -684,7 +710,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "983 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
|
||||
"text": "171,000 kW (2012 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "163,000 kW (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
|
||||
"text": "99.4% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -744,18 +770,18 @@
|
|||
"Communications": {
|
||||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "200,000"
|
||||
"text": "194,666"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "2 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "2 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "10.8 million"
|
||||
"text": "9.318 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "106 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "89 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephone system": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -766,31 +792,42 @@
|
|||
"text": "fixed-line teledensity only about 2 per 100 persons; spurred by the presence of multiple mobile-cellular providers, cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 229; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; long distance fiber-optic links with Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2008)"
|
||||
"text": "country code - 229; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; long distance fiber-optic links with Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat-Atlantic Ocean) (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "state-run Office de Radiodiffusion et de Television du Benin (ORTB) operates a TV station with multiple channels providing a wide broadcast reach; several privately owned TV stations broadcast from Cotonou; satellite TV subscription service is available; state-owned radio, under ORTB control, includes a national station supplemented by a number of regional stations; substantial number of privately owned radio broadcast stations; transmissions of a few international broadcasters are available on FM in Cotonou (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "AM 1, FM 34, shortwave 1 (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "6 (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet country code": {
|
||||
"text": ".bj"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "441,000"
|
||||
"text": "709,000"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "4.3% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "6.8% (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
"National air transport system": {
|
||||
"number of registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "1"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "1"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "112,392"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "805,347 mt-km (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
|
||||
"text": "TY (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Airports": {
|
||||
"text": "6 (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -847,37 +884,13 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military": {
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military branches": {
|
||||
"text": "Benin Armed Forces (Forces Armees Beninoises, FAB): Army (l'Arme de Terre), Benin Navy (Forces Navales Beninois, FNB), Benin Air Force (Force Aerienne du Benin, FAB) (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18-35 years of age for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; a higher education diploma is required; both sexes are eligible for military service; conscript tour of duty - 18 months (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "2,095,373"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "2,038,351 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,385,065"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,400,045 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "108,496"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "104,526 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "1.03% of GDP (2012) ++ NA% (2011) ++ 1.03% of GDP (2010)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
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|
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