Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Benin
Benin: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Benin, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.5% for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 39.2% on the previous year and down 56.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Benin peaked at 1.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2023.
Benin ranks 53rd of 148 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 50 Cook Islands 0.5% compare
- 51 Micronesia (country) 0.5% compare
- 52 Tanzania 0.5% compare
- 53 Cape Verde 0.5% compare
- 55 Cambodia 0.4% compare
- 56 Senegal 0.4% compare
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Benin?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Benin was 0.5% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2023.
- How does Benin rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Benin ranks 53rd out of 148 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI)