Western Africa
Benin
34 recorded engagements by Benin's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2024.
At a glance
Between 1990 and 2024, Benin's leaders recorded 34 engagements: 33 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2012, with 4 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (29 engagements), followed by Ethiopia and China. Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs was the most common topic, present in 94% of engagements. 0 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 32 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Thomas Boni Yayi (President), with 8 engagements between 2006 and 2015.
Activity by year
Every engagement recorded for Benin, 1990–2024. Hover a bar for the exact count.
Most-visited countries
Discussion topics
Cite this profile
Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Benin country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/benin.html]
Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Benin's own officials.