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Country
Map of Benin
Africa · Porto-Novo
Benin lies on the African Plate. Its natural and humanitarian risk index (INFORM) is 6.1 out of 10, a high level.
- Capital
- Porto-Novo
- Population
- 14,111,034
- Area
- 114,763 km²
- Continent
- Africa
Tectonic Plates
Natural Hazards
INFORM index by the European Commission, from 0 (very low) to 10 (very high), for each type of hazard.
People Exposed Each Year
- 95,739to river floods
- 364to coastal floods
Risk Index Over Time
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Water ScarcityHigh
- Extreme HeatHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Coastal FloodMedium
- LandslideLow
- TsunamiLow
- EarthquakeVery Low
Volcanoes
No volcano active over the last 10,000 years is recorded in this country.
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
No major earthquake has been recorded in this country since 1900.
Sources : Natural Earth · Wikidata · INFORM Risk Index (1 September 2026 v 0.7.3), Commission européenne, CC BY 4.0 · NOAA NCEI · ThinkHazard!, GFDRR, CC BY · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution