Migration flows · 2025
Benin
Where people move to and from Benin in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.
Total leaving Benin
4,652
Total arriving in Benin
28,901
Benin & its flows
Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).
Incoming vs outgoing by year
Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving Benin. Reported movements only.
Where Benin’s people go
Top destination countries
- 1 France 936
- 2 Germany 932
- 3 Canada 766
- 4 Italy 474
- 5 United States 448
- 6 Belgium 351
- 7 Brazil 209
- 8 Algeria 90
- 9 Spain 67
- 10 Switzerland 49
- 11 Mexico 43
- 12 Netherlands 40
- 13 United Kingdom 34
- 14 Israel 34
- 15 Togo 34
- 16 Austria 28
- 17 Mauritania 26
- 18 Burkina Faso 22
- 19 Morocco 16
- 20 Ghana 11
- 21 Cote d'Ivoire 10
- 22 Portugal 10
- 23 South Africa 10
- 24 Luxembourg 7
- 25 Sweden 5
Where arrivals come from
Top origin countries
- 1 Burkina Faso 16,174
- 2 Niger 5,026
- 3 Togo 4,778
- 4 Central African Republic 1,550
- 5 Cameroon 318
- 6 Chad 287
- 7 Nigeria 166
- 8 Congo, Dem. Rep. 132
- 9 Sudan 109
- 10 Mali 109
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 66
- 12 Cote d'Ivoire 35
- 13 Yemen, Rep. 24
- 14 Congo, Rep. 17
- 15 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 17
- 16 Guinea 16
- 17 Turkiye 15
- 18 Afghanistan 12
- 19 Burundi 11
- 20 Sri Lanka 10
- 21 Lebanon 8
- 22 Liberia 6
- 23 Pakistan 5
- 24 Rwanda 5
- 25 Senegal 5