Dutch Development Insights: Benin

 

In 2024, 58 million was spent on development activities in Benin.

 





source: Factsheet posten (IATI)





source: Factsheet posten (MIBZ)





source: Factsheet posten (IATI)

 
NL MFA spent 52.3 million directly and 5.7 million via partners.
The Top 5 partners in Benin are:
UNICEF
, the World Food Program, TECHNOSERVE INC. and MDF Training & Consultancy.
 

What do other donors do in Benin?

 
 

Apart from the Netherlands, especially the World Bank, Germany and the African Development Bank were active in Benin in 2024.

The Netherlands are on the 5th place in the list of donors.

 
 
These donors mostly work in
Government & Civil Society, Agriculture and Water Supply & Sanitation.

 

 

Total ODA grants to Benin


 
Since the 1970’s, the Netherlands spent 785 million US dollar on Official Development Assistance in Benin.
 

 
 
 

Who was at the top of the charts?


 
One of the top hits of 2024 was ‘Banger’ by Himra.

More information about Benin can be found on the Country Dashboard Benin.
 
 
About the data sources on this page
IATI: international standard for open data on development and humanitarian data, published by governments, NGO’s, and others. It includes financial and results data, and information on which organisations collaborate on activities.
MFA data: comes from MIBZ, a system by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which uses only our own data and is used to publish our open data.
D-Portal: IATI’s international dashboard.
OECD Data Explorer: OECD is an international open data standard (like IATI) which has financial data by governments only, going back to the 1960’s. We use this source when we want to show insights based on historic data that goes back further than IATI.