Benin vs Pakistan

Benin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Capital: Porto-Novo
Population
14.5M
GDP
$21.5B
Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Lower middle income
Capital: Islamabad
Population
251.3M
GDP
$371.7B

POP 17.4x GDP 17.3x LE 6.8 yrs same-band LMC

Widest indicator spreads · Benin vs Pakistan

Freshwater Withdrawal99.6%Net Migration99.4%Population94.2%GDP (Current USD)94.2%Inflation (Consumer Pric…90.8%Forest Area82.4%Physicians (per 1,000 pe…81.4%Foreign Direct Investment79.6%
WIDE pair: the board is the Freshwater Withdrawal gap first (Benin LMC vs Pakistan LMC).

Demographics: Population (Pakistan, 94% spread)

Indicator Benin Pakistan Year
Population 14.5M 251.3M 2024
Population Density 125.1 321.1 2023
Population Ages 65+ 3.1% 4.3% 2024
Urban Population 52.5% 39.2% 2024

1 closer demographics rows sit on the Benin and Pakistan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: GDP (Current USD) (Pakistan, 94% spread)

Indicator Benin Pakistan Year
GDP (Current USD) $21.5B $371.7B 2024
Inflation (Consumer Prices) 1.2% 12.6% 2024
Foreign Direct Investment $543.0M $2.7B 2024
Unemployment Rate 1.6% 5.5% 2024

4 closer economy rows sit on the Benin and Pakistan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Physicians (per 1,000 people) (Pakistan, 81% spread)

Indicator Benin Pakistan Year
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 0.2 1.2 2023
Maternal Mortality Ratio 518 155 2023
Under-5 Mortality Rate 74.7 56.0 2024
Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 3.3% 2.5% 2023

3 closer health rows sit on the Benin and Pakistan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: Education Expenditure (% of GDP) (Benin, 40% spread)

Indicator Benin Pakistan Year
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 3.2% 1.9% 2023
School Enrollment (Primary) 108.0% 83.7% 2022

4 closer education rows sit on the Benin and Pakistan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Pakistan, 100% spread)

Indicator Benin Pakistan Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 1.3% 326.0% 2022
Forest Area 26.5% 4.7% 2023
Electric Power Consumption 115 518 2023
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 0.5 0.8 2024

1 closer environment rows sit on the Benin and Pakistan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Access to Clean Water (Pakistan, 61% spread)

Indicator Benin Pakistan Year
Access to Clean Water 17.7% 45.0% 2024
Internet Users 34.0% 57.3% 2024
Access to Electricity 57.0% 95.6% 2023
Mobile Subscriptions 125.9 76.9 2024

1 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Benin and Pakistan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Net Migration (Benin, 99% spread)

Indicator Benin Pakistan Year
Net Migration -7,725 -1,401,173 2024
Intentional Homicides 1.1 4.3 2017
Female Labor Participation 75.0% 24.0% 2024
Poverty (< $2.15/day) 27.2% 23.0% 2021

2 closer social rows sit on the Benin and Pakistan profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Benin vs Pakistan comparison

Benin (LMC, Sub-Saharan Africa) vs Pakistan (LMC, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan) is a WIDE WDI pair: population is 17.4x smaller (14.5M vs 251.3M) and total GDP is 17.3x smaller ($21.5B vs $371.7B). The gap board leads on Freshwater Withdrawal (~100% relative spread) across 42 indicators in 7 topics. Same income tier; rate and stock gaps are the sharper policy read. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Benin vs Pakistan figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band LMC · WIDE scale band.