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Benin vs Guinea
Side-by-side comparison of Benin and Guinea from official statistics: size, economy, people, trade, natural resources, health, infrastructure and military, with world ranks, years and sources.
In short
Benin scores 26.7 in the NationsTree Index (170th in the world) and Guinea scores 26.7 (171st), a gap of 0.1 points. Their trees are 4.4 m and 4.5 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.
Benin and Guinea have a similar population. Guinea is 2.1 times larger than Benin by land area. Benin and Guinea have economies of similar size (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Benin 14.8 million and Guinea 15.1 million (2025).
GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $4,935 in Guinea and $4,817 in Benin (2025, international dollars). Life expectancy is almost the same: 61.0 and 60.9 years.
Of 26 indicators reported by both countries, Benin ranks higher in the world on 18 and Guinea on 8. Benin is clearly stronger in tourism, institutions & safety and science & innovation. Guinea is clearly stronger in trade, military and environment & energy.
As a nation, Guinea is the older of the two (statehood since 1958, 68 years), compared with Benin (since 1960). Over the last five years Guinea improved faster (direction score 64 vs 27 out of 100).
Where they differ most
The indicators with the biggest gap in world position between Benin and Guinea.
Benin
749
144th of 183
Guineabetter
16,080
38th of 183
UnemploymentEconomy
Beninbetter
1.6%
13th of 187
Guinea
5.2%
94th of 187
InflationEconomy
Beninbetter
1.1%
39th of 180
Guinea
3.6%
107th of 180
Control of corruptionInstitutions & safety
Beninbetter
43.8
105th of 207
Guinea
26.6
172nd of 207
Regulatory qualityInstitutions & safety
Beninbetter
50.4
119th of 205
Guinea
39.1
177th of 205
Over time
How the two countries moved against each other, from the yearly data.
Guinea overtook Benin in GDP per person (PPP) in 2020 and has stayed ahead since.
Guinea overtook Benin in GDP (PPP) in 2019 and has stayed ahead since.
Benin has been ahead of Guinea in life expectancy in every year since 1990.
Guinea has been ahead of Benin in population in every year since 1990.
Strength by category
Average world percentile of the indicators in each category (0–100, direction taken into account). i
BeninGuinea All indicators
Latest available value for each country with its year and world rank. Green: the better world position of the two, red: the weaker one.
| Indicator | Benin | Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Land & people | ||
| Surface area km² | 114,760102nd/216 · 2024 | 245,85778th/216 · 2024 |
| Land area km² | 112,760100th/216 · 2024 | 245,72078th/216 · 2024 |
| Population people | 14.8 m75th/217 · 2025 | 15.1 m74th/217 · 2025 |
| Population growth % | 2.40%27th/217 · 2025 | 2.31%34th/217 · 2025 |
| Population density people/km² | 128.387th/216 · 2024 | 60.0145th/216 · 2024 |
| Urban population % | 53.4%147th/217 · 2025 | 38.5%177th/217 · 2025 |
| Population aged 0–14 % | 41.3%14th/217 · 2025 | 40.5%19th/217 · 2025 |
| Population aged 65+ % | 3.2%190th/217 · 2025 | 3.5%179th/217 · 2025 |
| Economy | ||
| GDP USD | $24.57 bn124th/210 · 2025 | $28.35 bn117th/210 · 2025 |
| GDP (PPP) intl. USD | $71.36 bn117th/199 · 2025 | $74.51 bn114th/199 · 2025 |
| Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) intl. USD 2021 | $60.98 bn117th/199 · 2025 | $63.67 bn114th/199 · 2025 |
| GDP per person USD | $1,658179th/210 · 2025 | $1,877178th/210 · 2025 |
| GDP per person (PPP) intl. USD | $4,817168th/199 · 2025 | $4,935166th/199 · 2025 |
| GNI per person (Atlas) USD | $1,600171st/201 · 2025 | $1,730170th/201 · 2025 |
| GDP growth % | 8.1%11th/210 · 2025 | 7.4%17th/210 · 2025 |
| Inflation % | 1.1%39th/180 · 2025 | 3.6%107th/180 · 2025 |
| Unemployment % | 1.6%13th/187 · 2025 | 5.2%94th/187 · 2025 |
| General government gross debt % of GDP | 59.3%112th/189 · 2025 | 36.3%53rd/189 · 2025 |
| Government budget balance % of GDP | -2.7%97th/192 · 2025 | -6.4%167th/192 · 2025 |
| Main industries | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing % of GDP | 22.9%29th/197 · 2025 | 31.3%11th/197 · 2025 |
| Industry incl. construction % of GDP | 17.5%146th/200 · 2025 | 25.4%79th/200 · 2025 |
| Manufacturing % of GDP | 10.2%94th/192 · 2025 | 12.7%67th/192 · 2022 |
| Services % of GDP | 50.1%144th/200 · 2025 | 35.7%194th/200 · 2025 |
| Trade | ||
| Exports of goods & services USD | $4.19 bn135th/182 · 2025 | $11.74 bn107th/182 · 2025 |
| Imports of goods & services USD | $4.93 bn140th/182 · 2025 | $17.65 bn98th/182 · 2025 |
| Exports % of GDP | 17.1%154th/183 · 2025 | 41.4%75th/183 · 2025 |
| Imports % of GDP | 20.1%168th/183 · 2025 | 62.3%52nd/183 · 2025 |
| Trade openness % of GDP | 37.1%167th/183 · 2025 | 103.7%57th/183 · 2025 |
| Fuel exports % of merchandise exports | 0.0%163rd/170 · 2024 | 0.5%2016 |
| Manufactures exports % of merchandise exports | 7.4%139th/171 · 2024 | 3.7%2016 |
| Food exports % of merchandise exports | 39.7%41st/171 · 2024 | 4.3%2016 |
| Ores & metals exports % of merchandise exports | 0.1%164th/171 · 2024 | 25.8%2016 |
| High-tech exports % of manufactured exports | 30.5%14th/168 · 2024 | 0.9%2016 |
| Current account balance % of GDP | -5.7%146th/191 · 2025 | -14.7%177th/191 · 2025 |
| Foreign direct investment, inflows % of GDP | 2.0%103rd/196 · 2025 | 27.4%6th/196 · 2025 |
| Natural resources | ||
| Natural resource rents % of GDP | 2.3%91st/209 · 2021 | 4.5%76th/209 · 2021 |
| Oil rents % of GDP | 0.00%120th/197 · 2021 | 0.00%120th/197 · 2021 |
| Natural gas rents % of GDP | 0.00%100th/197 · 2021 | 0.00%100th/197 · 2021 |
| Coal rents % of GDP | 0.00%68th/195 · 2021 | 0.00%68th/195 · 2021 |
| Mineral rents % of GDP | 0.00%91st/209 · 2021 | 0.00%91st/209 · 2021 |
| Forest rents % of GDP | 2.30%31st/209 · 2021 | 4.52%17th/209 · 2021 |
| Arable land % of land area | 32.3%24th/206 · 2024 | 24.7%40th/206 · 2024 |
| Renewable freshwater per person m³ | 749144th/183 · 2022 | 16,08038th/183 · 2022 |
| Tourism | ||
| International tourist arrivals arrivals | 337,000139th/194 · 2019 | 99,000163rd/194 · 2017 |
| Tourism receipts USD | $240.9 m116th/175 · 2019 | $1.3 m175th/175 · 2020 |
| Tourism receipts % of exports | 6.7%75th/168 · 2019 | 0.0%168th/168 · 2020 |
| Society & health | ||
| Life expectancy years | 61.0209th/217 · 2024 | 60.9210th/217 · 2024 |
| Under-5 mortality per 1,000 births | 74.7185th/196 · 2024 | 92.1191st/196 · 2024 |
| Physicians per 1,000 people | 0.22142nd/174 · 2023 | 0.21145th/174 · 2022 |
| Hospital beds per 1,000 people | 0.4139th/145 · 2021 | 0.32011 |
| DPT immunization % of children 12–23 months | 63%180th/193 · 2024 | 63%180th/193 · 2024 |
| Completed lower secondary, 25+ % of adults | 12.3%149th/153 · 2022 | 12.6%2018 |
| Secondary enrolment % gross | 43.6%163rd/173 · 2022 | 38.6%2014 |
| Social protection coverage (incl. pensions) % of population | 8.7%53rd/55 · 2021 | 10.5%2018 |
| Old-age dependency ratio % of working-age population | 5.7%185th/217 · 2025 | 6.2%175th/217 · 2025 |
| Health spending % of GDP | 3.3%172nd/193 · 2023 | 3.7%162nd/193 · 2023 |
| Adult literacy % | 51.4%92nd/98 · 2022 | 39.6%2018 |
| Tertiary enrolment % gross | 10.2%139th/150 · 2022 | 10.9%2014 |
| Human Development Index index 0–1 | 0.515173rd/193 · 2023 | 0.500179th/193 · 2023 |
| Income inequality (Gini) index | 34.458th/108 · 2021 | 29.62018 |
| Extreme poverty % of population | 27.2%93rd/108 · 2021 | 11.7%2018 |
| Infrastructure & digital | ||
| Access to electricity % of population | 59.0%189th/215 · 2024 | 53.8%196th/215 · 2024 |
| Safely managed drinking water % of population | 17.7%142nd/150 · 2024 | — |
| Safely managed sanitation % of population | 16.4%133rd/144 · 2024 | — |
| Internet users % of population | 34.0%163rd/186 · 2024 | 33.3%164th/186 · 2024 |
| Mobile subscriptions per 100 people | 12673rd/210 · 2024 | 98143rd/210 · 2023 |
| Fixed broadband per 100 people | 0.3185th/208 · 2024 | 0.0204th/208 · 2022 |
| Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) score 1–5 | 2.5085th/164 · 2022 | 2.4096th/164 · 2022 |
| Rail lines route-km | 7582006 | — |
| Air passengers carried passengers | 8992016 | 58,5001999 |
| Environment & energy | ||
| CO₂ emissions per person t CO₂e | 0.4940th/203 · 2024 | 0.3534th/203 · 2024 |
| Renewable energy % of final energy use | 54.5%44th/212 · 2021 | 66.6%31st/212 · 2022 |
| Air pollution (PM2.5) µg/m³ | 39.7177th/200 · 2023 | 27.3145th/200 · 2023 |
| Forest area % of land area | 28.1%114th/214 · 2024 | 20.0%131st/214 · 2024 |
| Energy use per person kg oil eq. | 430125th/149 · 2024 | — |
| Institutions & safety | ||
| Government effectiveness score 0–100 | 48.9120th/205 · 2025 | 33.9177th/205 · 2025 |
| Control of corruption score 0–100 | 43.8105th/207 · 2025 | 26.6172nd/207 · 2025 |
| Rule of law score 0–100 | 51.1129th/207 · 2025 | 38.7179th/207 · 2025 |
| Political stability score 0–100 | 58.6145th/207 · 2025 | 52.8169th/207 · 2025 |
| Regulatory quality score 0–100 | 50.4119th/205 · 2025 | 39.1177th/205 · 2025 |
| Voice & accountability score 0–100 | 51.5123rd/205 · 2025 | 36.1162nd/205 · 2025 |
| Homicide rate per 100,000 | 1.12017 | — |
| Military | ||
| Military expenditure USD | $216.9 m125th/156 · 2025 | $600.5 m99th/156 · 2025 |
| Military expenditure % of GDP | 0.9%122nd/156 · 2025 | 2.0%61st/156 · 2025 |
| Military expenditure % of government spending | 4.8%84th/154 · 2025 | 10.6%28th/154 · 2025 |
| Armed forces personnel people | 12,000124th/170 · 2020 | 13,000121st/170 · 2020 |
| Armed forces personnel % of labour force | 0.21%153rd/168 · 2020 | 0.32%144th/168 · 2020 |
| Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) TIV | 4.0 m135th/163 · 2025 | 6.0 m125th/163 · 2025 |
| Science & innovation | ||
| Scientific articles articles | 437106th/197 · 2023 | 55151st/197 · 2023 |
Questions and answers
Which has more people, Benin or Guinea?
Guinea has the larger population: 15.1 m (2025) compared with 14.8 m for Benin (2025). Source: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL.
Which is bigger by area, Benin or Guinea?
Guinea is larger: 245,857 km² (2024) compared with 114,760 km² for Benin (2024). Source: World Bank, AG.SRF.TOTL.K2.
Which economy is larger, Benin or Guinea?
Guinea has the larger economy at purchasing power parity: $74.51 bn intl. (2025) compared with $71.36 bn intl. for Benin (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD.
Which is richer per person, Benin or Guinea?
Guinea has the higher GDP per person (PPP): $4,935 intl. (2025) compared with $4,817 intl. for Benin (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD.
Where do people live longer, in Benin or Guinea?
Benin has the higher life expectancy at birth: 61.0 years (2024) compared with 60.9 years for Guinea (2024). Source: World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN.
Which spends more on the military, Benin or Guinea?
Guinea spends more on the military: $600.5 m (2025) compared with $216.9 m for Benin (2025). Source: World Bank, MS.MIL.XPND.CD.
Which ranks higher in the NationsTree Index, Benin or Guinea?
Benin: 26.7 points (170th in the world); Guinea: 26.7 points (171st). The index combines foundations, economic strength, quality of life, problems and 5-year direction from public statistics.
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World Bank World Development Indicators and Worldwide Governance Indicators, compiling UN agencies, the IMF, WHO, SIPRI and national statistical offices; every row links to its world ranking with the source series. See Sources & licences and Methodology.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Benin vs Guinea — country comparison. https://nationstree.org/compare/benin-vs-guinea. Data as of 26 October 2026.