Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Benin
Benin: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.344 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Benin, 2003–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.344 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Benin peaked at 0.476 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.344, in 2021.
Benin ranks 55th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3858 | 0.3858 | 0.3858 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.43 | 0.3795 | 0.476 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.344 | 0.344 | 0.344 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More poverty & inequality data for Benin
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,356 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.6% (2013)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.573 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2208 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.2208 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2391 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3926 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Benin?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Benin was 0.344 in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.476 in 2015.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.344 in 2021.
- How does Benin rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Benin ranks 55th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.