BeninandTogo

c. 1600 · 27 April 1960

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Benin

c. 1600 — The Kingdom of Dahomey is founded on the Abomey plateau

Dossier →Chronicle →

Togo

27 April 1960 — Independence of the Republic of Togo

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
41
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

BENTGO
  • GDP
    $25 B2025$12 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $1,6582025$1,3842025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    8.1%20256.3%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    1.1%20250.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    37.1%202559.9%2023
    Observed 2025 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Society

BENTGO
  • Population
    15 m20258.6 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    61.0 yrs202462.9 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    53.4%202544.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    4.520244.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

BENTGO

Health

BENTGO
  • Health spending
    3.3%20236.1%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    0.2220230.082022
    Observed 2023 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    74.7202456.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    44.0%202481.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    17.7%202420.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

BENTGO

Technology

BENTGO
  • Internet users
    34.0%202439.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1262024812024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    30.5%20240.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • R&D spending
    —0.2%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    —582024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

BENTGO
  • Land area
    112,760 km²202354,390 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    26.5%202322.1%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    41.8%202370.2%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    0.520240.32024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    54.5%202175.1%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

BENTGO
  • Resource rents
    2.3%20217.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20214.9%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    2.3%20213.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    59.0%202461.1%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Phosphate rock
    —1.6 Mt2025
    Observed — / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Military

BENTGO
  • Military burden
    0.7%20242.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $154 M2024$195 M2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    12,000202010,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. c. 15th–17th centuries

    The Ewe exodus from Notsé

    Ewe tradition tells of escape from the walled town of Notsé and the tyranny of King Agokoli, after which the people dispersed westward and southward — a foundational narrative of Ewe identity across Ghana, Togo and Benin.

    Peoples & Migration · from the Togo chronicle · Peoples, migrations and the land · REFS 2 — Exodus of the Ewe from Notsé, Togo (country overview and history)