Income inequality: Atkinson index in Benin
Benin: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3926 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Benin, 2019–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.3926 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over five years.
That places Benin 39th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.3926 | — |
| 2020 | 0.3926 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3926 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3926 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3926 | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.3926 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.3926 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3926 | 0.3926 | 0.3926 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.3926 | 0.3926 | 0.3926 | 4 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 20.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.63 (2013)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.6% (2013)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2013)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Benin?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Benin was 0.3926 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3926 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3926 in 2019.
- How does Benin rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Benin ranks 39th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.