Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Benin
Benin: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 86.55 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Latest (2021)
86.55
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
19th
of 120 countries
All-time high
96.53
in 2003
All-time low
86.55
in 2021
Years of data
5
2003–2021
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Benin, 2003–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Benin recorded 86.55 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Benin peaked at 96.53 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 86.55, in 2021.
Benin ranks 19th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.53 | 96.53 | 96.53 | 1 |
| 2010s | 91.81 | 88.08 | 94.14 | 3 |
| 2020s | 86.55 | 86.55 | 86.55 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More poverty & inequality data for Benin
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.56 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,356 (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 revenues vs income inequality 11.63 (2013)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2013)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.56 % change on previous year (2013)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.573 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Benin?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Benin was 86.55 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 96.53 in 2003.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.55 in 2021.
- How does Benin rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Benin ranks 19th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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