São Tomé and Príncipe’s coastline is 73% longer than Benin’s

Benin: 121 km (2026 edition) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 209 km (2026 edition)

São Tomé and Príncipe’s highest peak towers 1,349 m above Benin’s

Benin: 675 m (2026 edition) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 2,024 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of São Tomé and Príncipe, versus 43% of Benin

Benin: 43.1% (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 46.1% (2024)

Benin has 62 times as many people as São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 14.8 million (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 240,254 (2025)

São Tomé and Príncipe is 90% more densely populated than Benin

Benin: 131 per km² (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 250 per km² (2025)

The typical person in São Tomé and Príncipe is 1.3 years older than in Benin

Benin: 17.8 years (2023) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 19.1 years (2023)

Women in Benin have 0.9 more children on average than in São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 4.48 children per woman (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 3.6 children per woman (2024)

3.9% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe are 65 or older, versus 3.2% in Benin

Benin: 3.2% (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 3.9% (2025)

Benin: 1.1 per 1,000 (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: no data

Benin: 0 (2026) · São Tomé and Príncipe: no data

Benin and São Tomé and Príncipe are practically level

Benin: 1 (2026) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 1 (2026)

Benin’s economy is 25 times the size of São Tomé and Príncipe’s

Benin: $24.6 billion (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: $981 million (2025)

São Tomé and Príncipe produces 33% more per person than Benin

Benin: Int$4,817 (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: Int$6,388 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in São Tomé and Príncipe than in Benin (Gini 6.3 points higher)

Benin: 34.4 (2021) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 40.7 (2017)

27% of people in Benin live on less than $3 a day, versus 13% in São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 27.2% (2021) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 13% (2017)

Unemployment is 9.1% in São Tomé and Príncipe, versus 1.6% in Benin

Benin: 1.6% (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 9.1% (2025)

Benin: 0.9% (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: no data

São Tomé and Príncipe’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Benin’s

Benin: 34% (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 64% (2025)

São Tomé and Príncipe spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as Benin

Benin: $47 (2023) · São Tomé and Príncipe: $171 (2023)

A baby in Benin is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 45.2 per 1,000 (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 9.2 per 1,000 (2024)

São Tomé and Príncipe has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Benin

Benin: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.5 per 1,000 (2022)

São Tomé and Príncipe has 6.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Benin

Benin: 0.4 per 1,000 (2021) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 2.9 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Benin is 7 times that in São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 2.3 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in São Tomé and Príncipe are obese, versus 11% in Benin

Benin: 10.9% (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 16.3% (2024)

8.3% of adults in São Tomé and Príncipe smoke, versus 7.4% in Benin

Benin: 7.4% (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 8.3% (2024)

Benin: 4.39 (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: no data

Adults in São Tomé and Príncipe drink 6% more alcohol than in Benin

Benin: 4.1 litres (2023) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 4.3 litres (2023)

São Tomé and Príncipe has 46% more meat per person than Benin

Benin: 17.3 kg (2022) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 25.2 kg (2023)

Benin has 424 kcal more food per person per day than São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 2,703 kcal (2022) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 2,279 kcal (2023)

Adults in São Tomé and Príncipe went to school 2.8 years longer than in Benin

Benin: 3.2 years (2023) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 6 years (2023)

São Tomé and Príncipe welcomed 6.7 times as many tourists per resident as Benin (2019)

Benin: 0.02 (2019) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.16 (2019)

Benin has 2 more World Heritage sites than São Tomé and Príncipe (3 against 1)

Benin: 3 (2026) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 1 (2026)

Benin and São Tomé and Príncipe are practically level

Benin: 0 (2026 edition) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 0 (2026 edition)

59% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe are online, versus 34% in Benin

Benin: 34% (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 59% (2024)

Home internet in Benin is 10% faster than in São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 59 Mbps (2026) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 53 Mbps (2026)

78% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe have electricity, versus 59% in Benin

Benin: 59% (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 77.7% (2024)

69% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe live in cities, versus 53% in Benin

Benin: 53% (2025) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 69% (2025)

Benin has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, São Tomé and Príncipe 62

Benin: 126 (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 62 (2024)

Benin: 438 km (2014) · São Tomé and Príncipe: no data

Airlines from São Tomé and Príncipe fly 2,659 times as many passengers per resident as those from Benin

Benin: 0.000061 (2016) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.16 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of São Tomé and Príncipe, but only 28% of Benin

Benin: 28.1% (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 57.6% (2024)

The average person in São Tomé and Príncipe emits 44% more CO₂ than someone in Benin

Benin: 0.4 t (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.6 t (2024)

11% of São Tomé and Príncipe’s electricity is renewable, versus 4.0% in Benin

Benin: 4% (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 11.1% (2023)

The air in Benin carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 35.3 µg/m³ (2024) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Benin are 2.2 times as deadly as in São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 38.1 per 100k (2023) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 17.4 per 100k (2023)

Benin is on average 2.1 °C warmer than São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin: 28°C (2016–2025 avg) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

São Tomé and Príncipe gets 47% more rain than Benin

Benin: 1,014 mm (2016–2025 avg) · São Tomé and Príncipe: 1,487 mm (2016–2025 avg)