🇧🇯 Benin Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇯 Benin BJ / BEN #100

Nomad Score 48.0

Cities 9

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Western Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency XOF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 45/100

Press Freedom (2025) 54.6/100 #92

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.493

HDI 0.515

Regional Blocs AU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2017) 1.1/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 26.8/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.7% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Benin	Patrice Talon
Vice President of Benin	Mariam Chabi Talata

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 45 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 54.6 / 100

Global Rank #92 / 180

Rank Change -3 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #108 40.7

Economic #121 36.0

Legal #108 55.2

Social #70 65.6

Safety #97 75.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.493

Liberal 0.323

Participatory 0.280

Deliberative 0.304

Egalitarian 0.387

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	54.6	92	40.7	36.0	55.2	65.6	75.6
2024	56.7	89	47.7	39.5	57.3	63.3	75.8
2023	52.4	112	49.0	39.8	56.0	63.5	53.9
2022	48.4	121	47.7	28.2	57.5	55.5	53.1
2021	61.8	114	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	64.9	113	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	68.3	96	-	-	-	-	33.3
2018	69.8	84	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	69.7	78	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	71.0	78	-	-	-	-	86.1
2015	70.8	84	-	-	-	-	93.1
2014	71.2	75	-	-	-	-	-
2013	71.7	79	-	-	-	-	-
2012	31.0	91	-	-	-	-	-
2010	19.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
2009	16.0	72	-	-	-	-	-
2008	15.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
2007	17.0	53	-	-	-	-	-
2006	5.5	24	-	-	-	-	-
2005	5.5	25	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index