Driver Overview
This section shows a country’s rank, ranking change and score for each of the eight drivers. It also categorises each country’s driver performance on a scale from “Emerging” (score from 0-20) to “Global Leader” (score from 80-100).
Rank
Score /100
Best practice
Metric Overview
Strengths
Cost to start a business
According to the World Bank, the cost of starting a business in Benin is equal to 3.5% of income per capita, the second lowest of Low Income Countries, easing the entry of new firms.
Time required to start a business
According to the World Bank, the time required to start a business in Benin is 8.5 days, below the Low Income Countries’ average of 18 days. Shorter times to set up businesses can persuade businesses to set up in a country, including new infrastructure entities.
Financial stability
According to the World Bank, the stability of Benin’s financial sector remains strong, however the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic may negatively affect this figure. The stability of the financial system facilitates the smooth flow of funds between parties, improving the supply of capital for projects.
Top Performing Metrics
Top Performing Metrics
This is defined by the metrics with the highest unweighted score out of 100.
Permits:
Cost to start a business
Permits:
Time required to start a business
Financial markets:
Financial stability
Opportunities to Grow
Transparency in public procurement
Benin does not make public procurement notices available online that detail both procurement procedures and shortlisting criteria. A more transparent process could encourage more participation and competition, which drive value for money.
Registering property
It takes 120 days to register a property in Benin, the longest duration of the Low Income Countries. As infrastructure projects often involve property rights, the longer the time to register properties, the more costly and risky the project.
GDP per capita
Despite more than doubling over the past 20 years, Benin’s GDP per capita is still relatively low at USD 1,217. Yet, this still represents the highest value of the Low Income Countries, and Benin can expect to graduate to Lower Middle Income in the foreseeable future.
Metrics to Improve
Metrics to Improve
This is defined by the metrics with the lowest weighted score out of 100, such that these metrics would have the greatest impact on the overall score.
For metrics that have binary outcomes (yes=100/no=0), no comparative income group average is reported.
Procurement:
Transparency in public procurement
Permits:
Registering property
Funding capacity:
GDP per capita
Detailed Data
This section shows country data for each of the 41 metrics. The figures in brackets denote the change in score since InfraCompass 2017.
Note that all data has been normalised on a scale of 1-100. For raw metric data, please download the complete InfraCompass 2020 dataset.
Where relevant, some metric scores have been inverted, such that all metrics have positive relationships with good infrastructure outcomes. For example, since lower compliance costs make it easier to invest in infrastructure, the normalised value of ‘number of procedures to start a business’ has been reversed such that lower number of procedures are scored closer to 100, and higher numbers closer to 0. In other words, a score of 0 indicates a poor performance, rather than 0 number of procedures.
28.2%
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
20.7%
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
18.1%
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
15.1%
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
12.8%
Political stability and absence of violence score
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
5%
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Benin
Low Income Countries Average
Description
The recovery rate is recorded as cents on the dollar recovered by secured creditors through reorganisation, liquidation or debt enforcement (foreclosure or receivership) proceedings.
Weighting (% of Driver)
28.2%
Source Link
Description
World Governance Composite Indicator reflecting perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. The rule of law reflects whether the law imposes limits of power on the state, private sector and individuals.
Weighting (% of Driver)
20.7%
Description
Whether the country conducts post-completion reviews on infrastructure projects to ensure the forecast outcomes are being achieved.
Weighting (% of Driver)
18.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures the governance practices that protect shareholders through three dimensions: the extent of shareholder rights index (shareholders’ rights and role in major corporate decisions), the extent of ownership and control index (governance safeguards protecting shareholders from undue board control and entrenchment), and the extent of corporate transparency index (corporate transparency on ownership stakes).
Weighting (% of Driver)
15.1%
Source Link
Description
Measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5.
Weighting (% of Driver)
12.8%
Description
Whether an infrastructure agency exists to coordinate an integrated approach to infrastructure delivery and policy.
Weighting (% of Driver)
5%
Source Link
Country Overview Data
1,417 USD
Population12.5 million persons
40.2 (0-100 best)
Infrastructure investment6.3% of GDP
Infrastructure gap3.9% of GDP
14.4 USD billion
GDP growth rate6.6%
GDP per capita growth rate-2.0%
Gini coefficient47.8 (0-100 worst)
Gross Government Debt41.0% of GDP
Inflation rate-0.3%
Summary credit rating32.0 (0-100 best)
Unemployment rate2.0%
Urbanisation ratio47.0% of total population
Road connectivity81.1 (0-100 best)
3.2 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of train services1.7 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of air transport services3.9 (1-7 best)
Efficiency of seaport services3.7 (1-7 best)
Electricity access30.0% of population
Electricity supply quality19.4% of output lost
Exposure to unsafe drinking water67.0% of population
Reliability of water supply3.5 (1-7 best)
Digital Adoption Index0.2 (0-1 best)
Mobile-broadband subscriptions19.8 per 100 population
Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions0.2 per 100 population