Country scorecard
Benin
Africa · 13.7M people
ALPS
1.24
languages per person
#166 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
8%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Benin is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon98%
- 🇲🇨 Monaco98%
- 🇫🇷 France98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- French99%
- Yoruba20%
- English5%
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