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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Benin: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Benin is placed 123rd of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 70.86 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 7.6 (2024).
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123rd
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Benin on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
70.86
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 73rd of 177 by UNCTAD
Benin: 70.86. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Western Africa
- 139.37 Ghana
- Land neighbours
- Nigeria 114.93 · Togo 123.88
7.6
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Benin: 7.6. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Western Africa
- 3.2 Liberia
- Land neighbours
- Nigeria 12.4 · Togo 9.8
2.9
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 66th of 139 by World Bank Group
Benin: 2.9. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Western Africa
- 2.9 Benin
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 2.3 · Nigeria 2.6 · Togo 2.5
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
0.18
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Benin: 0.18. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.26 Côte d’Ivoire
- Land neighbours
- Burkina Faso 0.01 · Niger 0.01 · Nigeria 0 · Togo 0.12
02Over time
Which way Benin is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
BeninWorld median
Benin rose from 46.06 in 2006 to 78.05 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Benin World median 2026 78.1 56.21 2025 70.9 60.84 2024 54.9 55.22 2023 63.0 54.78 2022 62.6 51.49 2021 64.4 52.64 2020 58.9 47.86 2019 55.8 51.05 2018 63.9 52.03 2017 62.3 49.87 2016 55.5 48.09 2015 62.5 49.13 2014 63.1 48.08 2013 63.6 51.32 2012 53.1 47.44 2011 55.6 50.26 2010 47.3 50.51 2009 52.1 53.04 2008 44.8 51.68 2007 42.0 55.78 2006 46.1 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
BeninWorld median
Benin rose from 2.446 in 2007 to 2.9 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Benin World median 2023 2.90 2.900 2018 2.75 2.706 2016 2.43 2.734 2014 2.56 2.753 2012 2.85 2.773 2010 2.79 2.746 2007 2.45 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
BeninWorld median
Benin rose from 0.01 in 2000 to 0.18 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Benin World median 2024 0.18 0.975000 2023 0.06 0.690000 2022 0.05 0.565000 2021 0.04 0.550000 2020 0.05 0.680000 2019 0.19 0.625000 2018 0.12 0.480000 2017 0.21 0.630000 2016 0.07 0.865000 2015 0.03 0.790000 2014 0.17 0.760000 2013 0.03 0.645000 2012 0.01 0.630000 2011 0.01 0.535000 2010 0.03 0.560000 2009 0.09 0.780000 2008 0.00 0.595000 2007 0.07 0.660000 2006 0.08 0.445000 2005 0.01 0.570000 2004 0.01 0.535000 2003 0.04 0.530000 2002 0.12 0.510000 2001 0.01 0.490000 2000 0.01 0.430000
03In context
Benin beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Benin and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 123rd | 70.86 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 0.18 |
 Togo | 135th | 123.88 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 0.12 |
 Nigeria | 144th | 114.93 | 12.4 | 2.6 | 0 |
 Burkina Faso | 176th | — | — | 2.3 | 0.01 |
 Niger | not placed | — | — | — | 0.01 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Benin in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Benin is ahead of the world, and behind
20 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Benin does better than the middle country measured.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.21.7271.2▼ Worsened since 2015
Benin: 1.727 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 60th of 176 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2030.206▼ Worsened since 2015
Benin: 0.203 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 67th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Benin does worse than the middle country measured.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4564.7984.456No earlier reading
Benin: 4.798 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 82nd of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4214.5225.42▼ Worsened since 2014
Benin: 14.52 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 114th of 170 · derived.
No better end16
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1792.7167.17Moved since 2014
Benin: 92.71 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.6610.163.66Moved since 2012
Benin: 10.16 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83611,9471,836Moved since 2015
Benin: 11,947 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.3970.306Moved since 2015
Benin: 0.397 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451726,530444,451No real change since 2015
Benin: 726,530 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323418,202223,323Moved since 2015
Benin: 418,202 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23104.26103.23Moved since 2015
Benin: 104.26 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.014-0.133No real change since 2013
Benin: -0.014 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26916,97412,269Moved since 2015
Benin: 16,974 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0892.8926.089Moved since 2015
Benin: 2.892 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.1631.235Moved since 2014
Benin: 0.163 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3417.0536.34Moved since 2015
Benin: 17.05 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 118th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7220.0641.72Moved since 2015
Benin: 20.06 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 124th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6837.1279.68Moved since 2015
Benin: 37.12 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 124th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6021.8769.602Moved since 2015
Benin: 1.876 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.730.8275.73No real change since 2016
Benin: 0.8 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
No current reading for Benin
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio (last 2008), Container Port Traffic (last 2019), Cost of Sending Remittances (last 2020), Creative Services Exports (last 2023), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Services Exports (last 2023), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2022) and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2022). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Benin’s 16 topics
Mobility & Trade is Benin’s 9th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability20th of 1864/4 keys
- Gender & Equality70th of 1834/4 keys
- Work & Labour70th of 1824/4 keys
- Peace & Security69th of 1774/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions89th of 1944/4 keys
- Digital & Technology96th of 1984/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties111th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 126th of 1934/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade123rd of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 129th of 1844/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality112th of 1593/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation124th of 1764/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge162nd of 1984/4 keys
- Energy147th of 1653/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing183rd of 2004/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital186th of 1963/3 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Benin can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
South Africa39th4/4 keysHighest in Western Africa
Côte d’Ivoire98th3/4 keysThis page
Benin123rd4/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Benin and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Benin on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Benin rank on mobility & trade?
Benin is placed 123rd of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time, Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Benin?
70.86 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Benin?
7.6 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Benin compare with Nigeria on mobility & trade?
Nigeria is placed 144th of 177, and Benin 123rd. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Nigeria 114.93, Benin 70.86; Container Import Dwell Time: Nigeria 12.4, Benin 7.6; Logistics Performance Index: Nigeria 2.6, Benin 2.9; ICT Goods Exports: Nigeria 0, Benin 0.18.
How have Benin’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 46.06 in 2006 to 78.05 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.446 in 2007 to 2.9 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 0.01 in 2000 to 0.18 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Benin?
No current reading is published for Benin on Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Container Port Traffic, Cost of Sending Remittances, Creative Services Exports, FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Services Exports, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary and Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 20 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Benin’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Benin (banner) — Shubert Ciencia derivative work: JamesA, CC BY 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Benin: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/benin/mobility