Benin geopolitical risk index

Benin in the African GPR Index

Data through 23 June 2026 · Explore the full African GPR Index

In May 2026, the African GPR Index for Benin stood at 112.2, which is above its long-run norm (about 12% higher than the 2000–2019 average). The 90-day average of 117.2 is higher than 74% of all 90-day periods since 2000. Since 2000, the highest monthly reading was 182.7 in January 2000. Over the last 90 days, 27.4% of Benin's news-event coverage reported conflict or threat, ranking 13 of 54 countries in Africa on this cross-country comparable measure.

Monthly average of Benin's own GPR index (2000–2019 average = 100), 1985 to 2026. Dashed line = the country's own baseline of 100. Early years rest on thinner news coverage and are noisier.

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The monthly file has one row per month and these columns: africa_gpr_index, africa_conflict_share_pct. Daily data for every country is in the regional files.

What the numbers mean

• African GPR Index: built from the GDELT Event Database (1979–). The index is Benin's own GPR index (2000–2019 average = 100): 150 means risk coverage 50% above Benin's own normal. The conflict share is the share of Benin's news-event coverage that reports conflict or threat, and it is the series to use for comparing countries.

All indices follow the geopolitical-risk definition of Caldara and Iacoviello (2022): the threat, realization and escalation of wars, terrorism and tensions between states and political actors. The full construction is on the methodology page.

How to cite

@misc{iddouch2026gprhub,
  author       = {Iddouch, Karim},
  title        = {GPR Data Hub: Daily Geopolitical Risk Indices for MENA, Africa, Europe and South America},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://karimiddouch.org/}},
  note         = {Data set, CC BY 4.0, accessed YYYY-MM-DD}
}

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