Level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin

Benin: Level of national compliance with labor rights was 0.71 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.71
Change on year
down 18.4%
World rank
137th
of 185 countries
All-time high
0.87
in 2019
All-time low
0.17
in 2017
Years of data
9
2015–2023

Level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin, 2015–2023

0.20.40.60.82015201920232015: 0.552016: 0.712017: 0.172018: 0.172019: 0.872020: 0.872021: 0.872022: 0.872023: 0.71

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin is 0.71, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.4% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin peaked at 0.87 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.17, in 2017.

Benin ranks 137th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin, year by year

Annual values for Level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin, 2015 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2015 0.55
2016 0.71 +29.1%
2017 0.17 -76.1%
2018 0.17 +0.0%
2019 0.87 +411.8%
2020 0.87 +0.0%
2021 0.87 +0.0%
2022 0.87 +0.0%
2023 0.71 -18.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.494 0.17 0.87 5
2020s 0.83 0.71 0.87 4

Countries ranked near Benin

  1. 134 Armenia 0.73 compare
  2. 135 Antigua and Barbuda 0.72 compare
  3. 135 Cote d'Ivoire 0.72 compare
  4. 137 Gabon 0.71 compare
  5. 137 Kiribati 0.71 compare
  6. 140 Chad 0.7 compare

See the full ranking of 186 places →

More work & labour data for Benin

All data for Benin →

Frequently asked questions

What is level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin?
Level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin was 0.71 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest level of national compliance with labor rights recorded in Benin?
The highest recorded value was 0.87 in 2019.
What is the lowest level of national compliance with labor rights recorded in Benin?
The lowest recorded value was 0.17 in 2017.
How does Benin rank for level of national compliance with labor rights?
Benin ranks 137th out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
Is level of national compliance with labor rights rising or falling in Benin?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Benin data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Level of national compliance with labor rights. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/level-of-national-compliance-with-labor-rights/benin/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/level-of-national-compliance-with-labor-rights/benin/">Level of national compliance with labor rights in Benin</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Level of national compliance with labor rights
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 1,674 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed