Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Benin
Benin: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.9% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Benin, 2003–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Benin stood at 99.9%.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Benin peaked at 100.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 99.8%, in 2018.
That places Benin 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 99.9% | — |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.8% | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 13 Mauritania 99.9% compare
- 14 Mozambique 99.9% compare
- 15 Kenya 99.9% compare
- 17 Burkina Faso 99.9% compare
- 18 Uganda 99.8% compare
- 19 Togo 99.8% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Benin
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Benin?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Benin was 99.9% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.8% in 2018.
- How does Benin rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Benin ranks 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.