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Benin

WatchScore 2Open the map

Level, last 60 days

  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    14.8 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level1

  • +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Travel advice level (FCDO)

    3

  • Refugees who fled

    4 687

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Benin, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
14.3%
2023
Refugees who fled
4,687
2025
Refugees hosted
28,921
2025
Internally displaced
27,294
2025
Sanctions designations
17
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,658
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Benin: Avoid all travel to parts

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Porto-Novo

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2924…2812.2 mm31 km/h
Wed, Sep 3024…300.6 mm30 km/h
Thu, Oct 123…300.3 mm36 km/h
Fri, Oct 223…290.7 mm27 km/h
Sat, Oct 324…292.1 mm27 km/h
Sun, Oct 424…287.5 mm36 km/h
Mon, Oct 524…295.0 mm35 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets14

ItemPriceUSDYear
Cassava meal (gari) / KG253.5 XOF0.45-35%
Maize (white) / KG148.47 XOF0.26-27%
Rice (imported) / KG532 XOF0.93-17%
Beans (white) / KG553.38 XOF0.96-15%
Cassava meal (tapioca) / KG694 XOF1.21-11%
Sorghum (red) / KG303.34 XOF0.53-17%
Oil (groundnut) / L1,212.5 XOF2.11-7%
Groundnuts (Bambara) / KG815 XOF1.42-17%
Onions / KG486.09 XOF0.84-15%
Tomatoes / KG521.88 XOF0.91-2%
Oil (palm) / L825 XOF1.44-8%
Soybeans / KG372.2 XOF0.65-3%
Lemons / KG326.04 XOF0.57+4%
Oranges / KG166.25 XOF0.29+7%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-07); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)