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ABOUT

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Country

Benin Flag
BENIN
(pronounced - beh-neen | bɛnˈɪn)
OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Benin
DEMONYMS: Beninese, Beninois, African
Benin is part of the Western Africa region in the continent of Africa. The name Benin is believed to have derived from Arabic, meaning sons or tribe. It is in the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, near the equator and is 112.6 thousand square kilometres in size. The primary language spoken is French, the capital city is Porto-Novo, and the main currency used is the CFA Franc Bceao.
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| KEY STATISTICS

AMBER
2024 SAFE COUNTRY ASSESSMENT


LGBTQIA+ Equality - Medium-Low
Medium-Low
LGBTQIA+ EQUALITY STATUS

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AMBER
2024 LGBTQIA+ SAFE COUNTRY ASSESSMENT


REFUGEE CONVENTIONS & POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT

Key information relating to

Refugees and Migrants

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LGBTQIA+ Refugee Statistics

The estimated refugee statistical information is adapted based on the refugee data finder service for the current year and by applying the formula used by the Gayther Population Index

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REFUGEES

75
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ASYLUM

267
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TOTAL DISPLACED

342
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INTERNALLY DISPLACED

232
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STATELESS

0
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RANK

121
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  USEFUL PHRASES | CRIME

Common phrases and terms in the local language(s)
Refugee Country Guide - Translations Crime (500px)
CRIME
la criminalité (french)
ABUSE
abuser de (french)
AFRAID
peur (french)
ASSISTANCE
assistance (french)
ASYLUM
asile (french)
DEATH
décès (french)
DETENTION
retenue (french)
DISPLACE
déplacer (french)
KIDNAPPING
enlèvement (french)
PERSECUTION
persécution (french)
RAPE
râpé (french)
SCARED
effrayé (french)
WAR
guerre (french)
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NOTIFICATIONS

LAST UPDATED:  June 18, 2024

Important communication information about the

Country

×  MEDIUM RISK  | LGBTQIA+ discretion is advised. Though the country may have some progressive laws in place, there might be issues for refugees and migrants from the community....read more

Latest

| STATUS

  • LGBTQIA+ RELATED | The country typically scores medium-high or medium-low within the Gayther Equality Index. The score means that the government and society are potentially transitioning regarding acceptance. Though the country may have some progressive laws in place in certain areas, they still need to make progress in the overall rights and protection for the wider local LGBTQIA+ community...more
  • CURRENT STATE | There are currently issues relating to acts of terrorism affecting certain regions or across the entire country
  • This country is categorised as being a hybrid regime, where electoral fraud occurs, interfering and preventing democratic processes from taking place...more
  • GENEVA REFUGEE STATUS | This country signed up to both the refugee convention and protocol, which outlines the agreed criteria, status and rights of refugees...more
  • LGBTQIA+ ASYLUM APPLICATIONS | Given this country's position on the LGBTQIA+ community, it is unlikely that they will accept asylum applications (membership of a particular social group) based on being persecuted for identifying with a specific sexuality or gender identity.
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Government

| INFORMATION

Refugee Country Guide - Government Badge
BENIN
GOVERNMENT
assemblée nationale
A government is comprised of a group of people within a given country with authority to govern a country or state. Governments are typically made up of heads of state (presidents, prime ministers or chief), departments and ministries which represent specific functions and provide services for all those citizens living within the country
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BENIN
MINISTRY OF IMMIGRATION OR THE INTERIOR
direction de l'émigration et de l'immigration
The immigration office or ministry is typically a department or organisation within a government that focuses on all things relating to immigration and residency. The department will often manage visa and residency applications, issuing of passports and national ids and all of the relevant rights for living within a given country
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HEALTHCARE RELATED

Key information relating to

Healthcare Services

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UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE

Yes

Gayther Healthcare - Healthcare Category

HEALTHCARE CATEGORY

Social Insurance (Bismarck)

Gayther Healthcare - Healthcare Authority

HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY

National Social Security Fund

Gayther Healthcare - Healthcare Name

HEALTHCARE NAME

assurance santé

Geography

Learn more about the country and its

Physical Location

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CAPITAL

Porto-Novo

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REGION

Western Africa

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CONTINENT

Africa

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HEMISPHERE

Tropics

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AREA

112620

(square kilometers)

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SURROUNDING OCEAN(S)

Atlantic Ocean

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EMERGENCY CONTACTS

The important telephone numbers relating to the

Emergency Services

French | Yoruba
Official Language(s) spoken in Benin
The emergency service numbers within Benin to call during an emergency
  • AMBULANCE - when someone is seriously ill or injured, and their life is at risk (emergency medical services and technical rescue)
  • POLICE - when you feel in danger, are in dangerous situations or have witnessed a crime (law enforcement, criminal investigation, and maintenance of public order)
  • FIRE RESCUE - when a fire occurs or where a person needs rescue (fire suppression, technical rescue, and hazardous materials mitigation)


Ambulance
AMBULANCE
ambulance (french)

dial
118

Call Ambulance Service Now

Police
POLICE
police (french)

dial
117

Call Police Now

Fire
FIRE
feu (french)

dial
112

Call Fire Service Now


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DISTANCE TO SAFE COUNTRIES

The distance to the top five

Safe Countries

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  USEFUL PHRASES | PROCESSING

Common phrases and terms in the local language(s)
Refugee Country Guide - Translations Process (500px)
PROCESSING
en traitement (french)
APPLICANT
demandeur (french)
APPLICATION FORM
formulaire de demande (french)
ASYLUM SEEKER
demandeur d'asile (french)
CITIZENSHIP
citoyenneté (french)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
pays d'origine (french)
DATE OF BIRTH
date de naissance (french)
DISPLACEMENT
déplacement (french)
GENDER
le genre (french)
MIGRANT
migrant (french)
NAME
prénom (french)
NATIONALITY
nationalité (french)
PROOF
preuve (french)
REFUGEE
réfugié (french)
RELIGION
religion (french)
RETURN
revenir (french)
SEXUALITY
sexualité (french)
STATUS
statut (french)
TRANSIT
transit (french)
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LGBTQIA+ RELATED

Key metrics relating to how the Country treats the

LGBTQIA+ Community

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LGBTQIA+ Terms

learn the literal translations of key LGBTQIA+ terms in the local languages/dialects
Lesbian Flag
Lesbian
lesbienne (french)
Gay Flag
Gay
gay (french)
Bisexual Flag
Bisexual
bisexuel (french)
Transgender Flag
Transgender
transgenres (french)
Intersex Flag
Intersex
intersexe (french)
Asexual Flag
Asexual
asexué (french)
Questioning Flag
Questioning
interrogatoire (french)
Community Flag
Community
communauté (french)
Gender Flag
Gender
lié au genre (french)
Sexuality Flag
Sexuality
relatif à la sexualité (french)
Non-Bingary Flag
Non-Binary
non binaire (french)
Queer Flag
Queer
queer (french)
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COUNTRY NAME

The country name in

Many Languages

Discover the name of this country in other languages. The name is sorted by country name and languages spoken (in alphabetical order) and can be accessed by clicking on the quick links below. If you want to learn more about any given country, please click on the flag or the country name, which will open the required content in a new window


A  
Afghanistan Flag
- (dari) | بینین (pashto)
Albania Flag
benin (albanian)
Algeria Flag
بنين (arabic) | bénin (french)
American Samoa Flag
penini (samoan)
Andorra Flag
benín (catalan)
Angola Flag
benim (portuguese)
Anguilla Flag
benin (english)
Antigua and Barbuda Flag
benin (english)
Argentina Flag
benín (spanish)
Armenia Flag
բենին (armenian)
Australia Flag
benin (english)
Austria Flag
benin (german)
Azerbaijan Flag
benin (azerbaijani)


B  
Bahamas, The Flag
benin (english)
Bahrain Flag
بنين (arabic)
Bangladesh Flag
বেনিন (bengali)
Barbados Flag
benin (english)
Belarus Flag
бенін (belarusian) | бенин (russian)
Belgium Flag
benin (dutch) | bénin (french) | benin (german)
Belize Flag
benin (english) | benín (spanish)
Benin Flag
bénin (french)
Bermuda Flag
benin (english)
Bhutan Flag
- (dzongkha)
Bolivia Flag
benín (spanish) | - (aymara) | - (quechua)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag
benin (bosnian) | benin (croatian) | бенин (serbian)
Botswana Flag
benin (english) | - (tswana)
Brazil Flag
benim (portuguese)
British Virgin Islands Flag
benin (english)
Brunei Darussalam Flag
benin (malay) | benin (english)
Bulgaria Flag
бенин (bulgarian)
Burkina Faso Flag
bénin (french)
Burundi Flag
bénin (french) | - (kirundi)


C  
Cambodia Flag
បេនីន (khmer)
Cameroon Flag
benin (english) | bénin (french)
Canada Flag
benin (english) | bénin (french)
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) Flag
benim (portuguese)
Caribbean Netherlands Flag
benin (dutch) | benin (english) | - (papiamentu)
Cayman Islands Flag
benin (english)
Central African Republic Flag
- (sango) | bénin (french)
Chad Flag
بنين (arabic) | bénin (french)
Channel Islands Flag
benin (english) | bénin (french)
Chile Flag
benín (spanish)
China Flag
贝宁 (mandarin)
Colombia Flag
benín (spanish)
Comoros Flag
بنين (arabic) | - (comorian) | bénin (french)
Congo, D.Rep Flag
bénin (french)
Congo, Rep Flag
bénin (french)
Cook Islands Flag
benin (english) | peneni (māori)
Costa Rica Flag
benín (spanish)
Croatia Flag
benin (croatian)
Cuba Flag
benín (spanish)
Cyprus Flag
μπενίν (greek) | benin (turkish)


D E F  
Denmark Flag
benin (danish)
Djibouti Flag
بنين (arabic) | bénin (french)
Dominica Flag
benin (english)
Dominican Republic Flag
benín (spanish)
East Timor (Timor-Leste) Flag
benim (portuguese) | - (tetum)
Ecuador Flag
benín (spanish)
Egypt Flag
بنين (arabic)
El Salvador Flag
benín (spanish)
Equatorial Guinea Flag
benín (spanish) | bénin (french)
Eritrea Flag
بنين (arabic) | benin (tigrinya) | - (tigre) | benin (english)
Estonia Flag
benin (estonian)
Ethiopia Flag
ቤኒን (amharic)
Fiji Flag
- (fijian) | - (hindustani) | benin (english)
Finland Flag
benin (finnish) | benin (swedish)
France Flag
bénin (french)
French Guiana Flag
bénin (french) | bénin (french guianese creole)
French Polynesia Flag
bénin (french)


G  
Gabon Flag
bénin (french)
Gambia, The Flag
benin (english)
Georgia Flag
- (abkhaz) | ბენინი (georgian) | - (ossetic)
Germany Flag
benin (german)
Ghana Flag
benin (english)
Gibraltar Flag
benin (english)
Greece Flag
μπενίν (greek)
Greenland Flag
- (kalaallisut) | benin (danish)
Grenada Flag
benin (english)
Guadeloupe Flag
benín (spanish)
Guam Flag
benin (english) | - (chamorro)
Guatemala Flag
benín (spanish)
Guinea Flag
bénin (french)
Guinea-Bissau Flag
benim (portuguese)
Guyana Flag
benin (english)


H I J  
Haiti Flag
bénin (french) | benen (haitian creole)
Honduras Flag
benín (spanish)
Hong Kong Flag
貝寧 (cantonese) | benin (english)
Hungary Flag
benin (hungarian)
Iceland Flag
benín (icelandic)
India Flag
बेनिन (hindi) | benin (english)
Indonesia Flag
benin (indonesian)
Iran, Islamic Republic of Flag
بنین (persian)
Iraq Flag
بنين (arabic)
Ireland Flag
beinin (irish (gaelic)) | benin (english)
Isle of Man Flag
benin (english)
Israel Flag
בנין (hebrew)
Italy Flag
benin (italian)
Jamaica Flag
benin (english)
Japan Flag
ベナン (japanese)
Jordan Flag
بنين (arabic)


K L  
Kazakhstan Flag
бенин (kazakh)
Kenya Flag
benin (swahili) | benin (english)
Kiribati Flag
- (gilbertese) | benin (english)
Korea, North (D.Rep) Flag
베냉 (korean)
Korea, South (Rep) Flag
베냉 (korean)
Kosovo, Republic of Flag
benin (albanian) | бенин (serbian)
Kuwait Flag
بنين (arabic)
Kyrgyzstan Flag
бенин (kirghiz)
Laos Flag
ເບນິນ (lao)
Latvia Flag
benina (latvian)
Lebanon Flag
بنين (arabic)
Lesotho Flag
benin (sesotho) | benin (english)
Liberia Flag
benin (english)
Libya Flag
بنين (arabic)
Liechtenstein Flag
benin (german)
Lithuania Flag
beninas (lithuanian)
Luxembourg Flag
benin (luxembourgish) | bénin (french) | benin (german)


M  
Macau Flag
貝寧 (cantonese) | benim (portuguese)
Madagascar Flag
bénin (malagasy) | bénin (french)
Malawi Flag
benin (chichewa) | benin (english)
Malaysia Flag
benin (malay)
Maldives Flag
- (dhivehi)
Mali Flag
bénin (french)
Malta Flag
benin (maltese) | benin (english)
Marshall Islands Flag
- (marshallese) | benin (english)
Martinique Flag
bénin (french)
Mauritania Flag
بنين (arabic)
Mauritius Flag
bénin (french) | benin (english)
Mayotte Flag
bénin (french)
Mexico Flag
benín (spanish)
Micronesia, F.S Flag
benin (english) | - (chuukese) | - (kosraean) | - (pohnpeian) | - (yapese)
Moldova Flag
benin (moldovan)
Monaco Flag
bénin (french)
Mongolia Flag
бенин (mongolian)
Montenegro Flag
бенин (montenegrin)
Morocco Flag
بنين (arabic)
Mozambique Flag
benim (portuguese)
Myanmar Flag
နင် (burmese)


N  
Namibia Flag
benin (english)
Nauru Flag
- (nauruan) | benin (english)
Nepal Flag
बेनिन (nepali)
Netherlands Flag
benin (dutch)
Netherlands Antilles Flag
benin (english)
New Caledonia Flag
bénin (french)
New Zealand Flag
benin (english) | peneni (māori)
Nicaragua Flag
benín (spanish)
Niger Flag
bénin (french)
Nigeria Flag
benin (english)
Niue Flag
- (niuean) | benin (english)
North Macedonia Flag
бенин (macedonian)
Northern Mariana Islands Flag
benin (english) | - (chamorro) | - (carolinian)
Norway Flag
benin (norwegian)


O P Q  
Oman Flag
بنين (arabic)
Pakistan Flag
بینن (urdu)
Palau Flag
- (palauan) | benin (english)
Palestine, State of Flag
بنين (arabic)
Panama Flag
benín (spanish)
Papua New Guinea Flag
benin (english)
Paraguay Flag
benín (spanish) | બેનિન (guaraní)
Peru Flag
benín (spanish) | - (quechua)
Philippines Flag
benin (filipino)
Pitcairn Islands Flag
- (pitkern) | benin (english)
Poland Flag
benin (polish)
Portugal Flag
benim (portuguese)
Puerto Rico Flag
benín (spanish) | benin (english)
Qatar Flag
بنين (arabic)


R S  
Reunion Flag
bénin (french)
Romania Flag
benin (romanian)
Russia Flag
бенин (russian)
Rwanda Flag
benin (kinyarwanda) | benin (english) | bénin (french)
Saint Barthelemy (Barts) Flag
bénin (french)
Saint Helena Flag
benin (english)
Saint Kitts and Nevis Flag
benin (english)
Saint Lucia Flag
benin (english)
Saint Martin (Dutch) Flag
benin (dutch) | benin (english)
Saint Martin (French) Flag
bénin (french)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Flag
bénin (french)
Samoa Flag
penini (samoan) | benin (english)
San Marino Flag
benin (italian)
Sao Tome and Principe Flag
benim (portuguese)
Saudi Arabia Flag
بنين (arabic)
Senegal Flag
bénin (french)
Serbia Flag
бенин (serbian)
Seychelles Flag
- (seychellois creole) | benin (english) | bénin (french)
Sierra Leone Flag
benin (english)
Singapore Flag
贝宁 (mandarin) | benin (english) | benin (malay) | பெனின் (tamil)
Slovakia Flag
benin (slovak)
Slovenia Flag
benin (slovene)
Solomon Islands Flag
benin (english)
Somalia Flag
benin (somali) | بنين (arabic)
South Africa Flag
benin (afrikaans) | benin (english) | - (southern ndebele) | benin (sesotho) | i-benin (zulu) | - (northern sotho) | - (tswana) | - (swazi) | - (venda) | - (tsonga)
South Sudan Flag
بنين (arabic)
Spain Flag
benín (spanish) | benín (catalan) | benin (galician)
Sri Lanka Flag
බෙනින් (sinhalese) | பெனின் (tamil) | benin (english)
Sudan Flag
بنين (arabic)
Suriname Flag
benin (dutch)
Swaziland (Eswatini) Flag
- (swazi) | benin (english)
Sweden Flag
benin (swedish)
Switzerland Flag
benin (german) | bénin (french) | benin (italian) | benin (romansh)
Syria Flag
بنين (arabic) | bénin (french) | benin (english)


T  
Taiwan Flag
贝宁 (mandarin)
Tajikistan Flag
бенин (tajik)
Tanzania Flag
benin (swahili) | benin (english)
Thailand Flag
เบนิน (thai)
Togo Flag
bénin (french)
Tokelau Flag
- (tokelauan)
Tonga Flag
- (tongan) | benin (english)
Trinidad and Tobago Flag
benin (english)
Tunisia Flag
بنين (arabic) | bénin (french)
Turkey (Turkiye) Flag
benin (turkish)
Turkmenistan Flag
benin (turkmen)
Turks and Caicos Islands Flag
benin (english)
Tuvalu Flag
- (tuvaluan) | benin (english)


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Uganda Flag
benin (english)
Ukraine Flag
бенін (ukrainian)
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Flag
بنين (arabic)
United Kingdom (UK) Flag
benin (english)
Uruguay Flag
benín (spanish)
US Virgin Islands Flag
benin (english)
Uzbekistan Flag
benin (uzbek)
Vanuatu Flag
benin (english) | bénin (french)
Vatican City (Holy See) Flag
benin (latin) | benin (italian)
Venezuela Flag
benín (spanish)
Vietnam Flag
bénin (vietnamese)
Wallis and Futuna Flag
bénin (french) | - (wallisian) | - (futunan)
Yemen Flag
بنين (arabic)
Zambia Flag
benin (english)
Zimbabwe Flag
benin (english) | benin (shona) | - (northern ndebele)
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