Nepal vs Benin

Nepal
South Asia
Lower middle income
Capital: Kathmandu
Population
29.7M
GDP
$43.3B
Benin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Capital: Porto-Novo
Population
14.5M
GDP
$21.5B

POP 2.1x GDP 2.0x LE 9.7 yrs same-band LMC

Widest indicator spreads · Nepal vs Benin

Net Migration98.1%Poverty (< $2.15/day)91.2%Foreign Direct Investment89.5%Unemployment Rate84.4%Physicians (per 1,000 pe…78.6%Inflation (Consumer Pric…75.2%Freshwater Withdrawal73.7%Maternal Mortality Ratio72.6%
MID pair: Net Migration is the opener; totals are closer than rates on same-band LMC.

Demographics: Population Ages 65+ (Nepal, 52% spread)

Indicator Nepal Benin Year
Population Ages 65+ 6.5% 3.1% 2024
Population 29.7M 14.5M 2024
Population Density 207.1 125.1 2023
Population Ages 0-14 28.4% 41.6% 2024

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

Economy: Foreign Direct Investment (Benin, 90% spread)

Indicator Nepal Benin Year
Foreign Direct Investment $56.9M $543.0M 2024
Unemployment Rate 10.5% 1.6% 2024
Inflation (Consumer Prices) 4.7% 1.2% 2024
GDP Growth Rate 3.7% 7.5% 2024

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

Health: Physicians (per 1,000 people) (Nepal, 79% spread)

Indicator Nepal Benin Year
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 1.0 0.2 2023
Maternal Mortality Ratio 142 518 2023
Under-5 Mortality Rate 25.1 74.7 2024
Infant Mortality Rate 22.2 45.2 2024

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

Education: School Enrollment (Tertiary) (Nepal, 52% spread)

Indicator Nepal Benin Year
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 21.3% 10.2% 2024
School Enrollment (Secondary) 90.4% 43.6% 2024
Literacy Rate (Adult) 68.7% 51.4% 2019
Youth Literacy Rate 94.2% 71.3% 2019

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

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Nepal, 74% spread)

Indicator Nepal Benin Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 4.8% 1.3% 2022
Electric Power Consumption 351 115 2023
Forest Area 41.6% 26.5% 2023
Renewable Energy Consumption 73.7% 54.5% 2021

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

Infrastructure: Access to Sanitation (Nepal, 69% spread)

Indicator Nepal Benin Year
Access to Sanitation 53.4% 16.4% 2024
Access to Electricity 94.0% 57.0% 2023
Internet Users 46.3% 34.0% 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 99.8 125.9 2024

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

Social: Net Migration (Benin, 98% spread)

Indicator Nepal Benin Year
Net Migration -401,282 -7,725 2024
Poverty (< $2.15/day) 2.4% 27.2% 2022
Female Labor Participation 27.4% 75.0% 2024
Intentional Homicides 2.1 1.1 2020

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

How to read this Nepal vs Benin comparison

Nepal (LMC) and Benin (LMC) sit in a MID-spread band on this curated board (same-band LMC). Population is 2.1x larger; GDP is 2.0x larger. Open with Net Migration (~98%) before the 7-topic tables (42 rows). South Asia vs Sub-Saharan Africa; treat region as a confounder on environment rows. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

Other curated pairs · MID band

Indexable comparisons only (Module 42). Full picker with every country lives on /compare, not duplicated under every pair.

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