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Benin geopolitical profile

National context alongside 69 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Benin. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.

1Cooperative68Mixed
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Comparable national indicators provide context only. They do not enter the geopolitical relationship score.

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2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES

Current-year economic outlook

IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.

GDP$27.8BESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
GDP per capita$1.8KESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
Real GDP growth7%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2024
Inflation2%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025

IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25

World Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0

ATLAS-DERIVED · ENGINE 1.0

Geopolitical position

A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.

Average toward reviewed countries+469 directions reviewed
Average from reviewed countries+469 directions reviewed
Cooperative or stronger1Scores of +10 or above
Competitive or worse0Scores of −10 or below
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER

Relationships from Benin

Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.

CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
NigeriaBEN → NGA+14Cooperative74%Broad sourced evidenceGhanaBEN → GHA+9Mixed54%Documented bilateral evidenceMoroccoBEN → MAR+9Mixed48%Documented bilateral evidenceAlgeriaBEN → DZA+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAngolaBEN → AGO+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBangladeshBEN → BGD+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEgyptBEN → EGY+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEthiopiaBEN → ETH+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIraqBEN → IRQ+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKazakhstanBEN → KAZ+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKenyaBEN → KEN+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceKuwaitBEN → KWT+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMalaysiaBEN → MYS+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceQatarBEN → QAT+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSouth AfricaBEN → ZAF+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited Arab EmiratesBEN → ARE+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceUzbekistanBEN → UZB+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBrazilBEN → BRA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyChileBEN → CHL+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyColombiaBEN → COL+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyDominican RepublicBEN → DOM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEcuadorBEN → ECU+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGuatemalaBEN → GTM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIndonesiaBEN → IDN+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMexicoBEN → MEX+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPeruBEN → PER+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPhilippinesBEN → PHL+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySaudi ArabiaBEN → SAU+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySingaporeBEN → SGP+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyThailandBEN → THA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyVietnamBEN → VNM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAustriaBEN → AUT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceChinaBEN → CHN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGreeceBEN → GRC+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIndiaBEN → IND+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIranBEN → IRN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIrelandBEN → IRL+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanBEN → JPN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePakistanBEN → PAK+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidencePortugalBEN → PRT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSpainBEN → ESP+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAustraliaBEN → AUS+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBelgiumBEN → BEL+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBulgariaBEN → BGR+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCanadaBEN → CAN+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCroatiaBEN → HRV+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCzechiaBEN → CZE+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceDenmarkBEN → DNK+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceFinlandBEN → FIN+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceFranceBEN → FRA+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGermanyBEN → DEU+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceHungaryBEN → HUN+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNetherlandsBEN → NLD+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNew ZealandBEN → NZL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNorwayBEN → NOR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPolandBEN → POL+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceRomaniaBEN → ROU+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceRussiaBEN → RUS+2Mixed53%Documented bilateral evidenceSwedenBEN → SWE+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSwitzerlandBEN → CHE+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyTürkiyeBEN → TUR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited KingdomBEN → GBR+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceArgentinaBEN → ARG0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyItalyBEN → ITA0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySlovakiaBEN → SVK0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySouth KoreaBEN → KOR0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUkraineBEN → UKR0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited StatesBEN → USA-1Mixed53%Documented bilateral evidenceIsraelBEN → ISR-5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators only
Methodology v1.1.1 frozen

Every component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.