Benin vs Niger: Equal Access to Power Index
Benin
0.817
in 2025
Niger
0.825
in 2025
Benin rank
43rd
Niger rank
41st
Equal Access to Power Index over time
- Benin
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 0.825 against 0.817 in Benin, a difference of 0.008.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 43rd and Niger ranks 41st of 176 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.57 | 0.058 | 0.512 | Benin |
| 1930s | 0.57 | 0.058 | 0.512 | Benin |
| 1940s | 0.6196 | 0.058 | 0.5616 | Benin |
| 1950s | 0.694 | 0.058 | 0.636 | Benin |
| 1960s | 0.745 | 0.349 | 0.396 | Benin |
| 1970s | 0.6136 | 0.4684 | 0.1452 | Benin |
| 1980s | 0.565 | 0.552 | 0.013 | Benin |
| 1990s | 0.8331 | 0.7797 | 0.0534 | Benin |
| 2000s | 0.834 | 0.7625 | 0.0715 | Benin |
| 2010s | 0.8182 | 0.8131 | 0.0051 | Benin |
| 2020s | 0.8365 | 0.7562 | 0.0803 | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher equal access to power index, Benin or Niger?
- Niger, at 0.825 against 0.817 in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in equal access to power index between Benin and Niger?
- 0.008, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Niger?
- 104 years are reported by both, from 1922 to 2025.
- How do Benin and Niger rank globally for equal access to power index?
- Benin ranks 43rd and Niger ranks 41st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.