Sworn Score
Country profile
Benin
Africa · Capital: Porto-Novo
Score 45.2 ± 5 · Rank #29 of scored countries in 1974.
Based on 88/123 indicators, avg data age 0.5 years.
Category breakdown
How Benin scores across the 7 dimensions
Weight-normalized averages over the indicators that have data. Categories below 70% coverage of their own indicators are suppressed.
Health
22.0
Economy
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Governance
92.8
Education
—
Infrastructure
—
Environment
—
Rights
16.6
Promises
Latest promise updates
2 achieved · 2 on track · 14 failing
History
Benin — Sworn Score over time
Each year is a snapshot using that year's methodology (trimmed-bounds over the trailing 5-year value pool). Click a column header to sort.
Change since 1971: -7.6 points
| Year | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37.3 | 162 |
| 2025 | 37.6 | 161 |
| 2024 | 37.3 | 163 |
| 2023 | 37.4 | 160 |
| 2022 | 37.1 | 164 |
| 2021 | 36.6 | 164 |
| 2020 | 35.5 | 165 |
| 2019 | 37.5 | 164 |
| 2018 | 37.9 | 160 |
| 2017 | 36.6 | 164 |
| 2016 | 36.7 | 160 |
| 2015 | 36.1 | 162 |
| 2014 | 36.9 | 158 |
| 2013 | 37.1 | 157 |
| 2012 | 36.8 | 162 |
| 2011 | 35.9 | 164 |
| 2010 | 36.0 | 161 |
| 2009 | 36.6 | 161 |
| 2008 | 36.4 | 160 |
| 2007 | 36.5 | 162 |
| 2006 | 35.9 | 163 |
| 2005 | 35.4 | 162 |
| 2004 | 35.8 | 156 |
| 2003 | 34.9 | 160 |
| 2002 | 35.7 | 158 |
| 2001 | 36.3 | 152 |
| 2000 | 35.9 | 152 |
| 1999 | 38.3 | 145 |
| 1998 | 38.1 | 147 |
| 1997 | 38.0 | 143 |
| 1996 | 37.7 | 148 |
| 1995 | 43.6 | 150 |
| 1994 | 44.0 | 143 |
| 1993 | 43.4 | 144 |
| 1992 | 43.0 | 132 |
| 1991 | 42.4 | 127 |
| 1990 | 41.4 | 121 |
| 1989 | 33.9 | 113 |
| 1988 | 32.7 | 110 |
| 1987 | 32.7 | 109 |
| 1986 | 32.8 | 106 |
| 1985 | 33.4 | 96 |
| 1984 | 32.5 | 89 |
| 1983 | 37.4 | 84 |
| 1982 | 37.3 | 79 |
| 1981 | 35.5 | 78 |
| 1980 | 34.6 | 67 |
| 1979 | 35.1 | 62 |
| 1978 | 44.4 | 48 |
| 1977 | 43.2 | 45 |
| 1976 | 45.2 | 39 |
| 1975 | 44.9 | 34 |
| 1974 | 45.2 | 29 |
| 1973 | — | — |
| 1972 | — | — |
| 1971 | 44.9 | 27 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1969 | — | — |
| 1968 | — | — |
| 1967 | — | — |
| 1966 | — | — |
| 1965 | — | — |