Bohicon

Cost of Living inBohicon, Benin

Zou, Benin94KLower middle income

Image credit: jbdodane

Purchasing Power vs. United States

Your money goes 2.93x further

Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Benin: $4,116/capita.

Income Category

Lower Middle
World Bank GNI

GDP per Capita

$4,116
PPP, International $

City Population

94K

Child Education

International and private school tuition + curriculum mix for relocating families.

International & private schools

No schools in Bohicon are confirmed yet by their own websites. The nearest city with confirmed schools is Porto-Novo, 98 km away (1 school).

Childcare & Domestic Help

Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Bohicon. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.

Getting Around

Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Bohicon is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.

Healthcare

System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Benin.

Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.

17 facilities tracked
Facilities updated 7 months ago

Healthcare system

Limited

Coverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and hospital capacity looks tighter weigh on this rating.

Public care

Limited

Public coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.

Private care

Limited

The tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.

UHC coverage

38/100

2023

Physicians

0.22/1k

2023

Hospital beds

0.43/1k

2021

Out of pocket

42%

2023

Outcome signals

Life expectancy

61.0 yrs

2024

Maternal mortality

518/100k

2023

Neonatal mortality

27.2/1k

2024

International patient readiness

Limited

Price transparency is still sparse and headline outcomes are less reassuring weigh on this rating.

Pricing transparency

Limited

Published self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.

Facility coverage

Clinic: 7Hospital: 5Pharmacy: 5

Self-pay pricing visibility

No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Benin yet.

This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.

Notable facilities

CHD zou et collines
Hospital · Emergency
CHD Centre Hospitalier du Zou
Hospital · Emergency
Grâce a Jesus bohicon
Hospital · Emergency
Dispensaire ouassaho
Hospital · Emergency
Centre de santé de bohicon2
Hospital · Emergency
Mahounon
Clinic

System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-11-01

Safety & Governance

City-level perceived-crime data is not sourced for Bohicon yet. Showing Benin national safety and governance signals until a matched city row lands.

Street Safety

Safety Index42/100
Crime Index58/100

Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.

Political Stability

Political Stability-0.15

World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.

Wages by Sector

SectorMedian
Administrative & Support Services—
Agriculture & Farming—
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation—
Construction—
Education—
Finance & Insurance—
Healthcare & Social Work—
Hospitality & Food Service—
Information & Technology—
Manufacturing—
Mining & Quarrying—
Other Services—
Professional & Scientific Services—
Public Administration & Defence—
Retail & Wholesale Trade—
Transport & Logistics—
Utilities—

2022 annual wages in Bohicon, Benin · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)

Price Comparison vs. US

budget hotel
$13.00Estimated64% cheaper
childcare preschool
$583.89Estimated62% cheaper
eggs dozen
$3.57Estimated26% cheaper
gasoline liter
$2.00Estimated94% more
inexpensive meal
$12.20Estimated42% cheaper
internet 60mbps
$39.18Estimated42% cheaper
luxury hotel
$90.00Estimated81% cheaper
milk liter
$1.12Estimated8% cheaper
monthly pass
$46.49Estimated33% cheaper
rent 1br
$1277.87Estimated30% cheaper
rent 3br
$2234.46Estimated30% cheaper
utilities basic
$140.73Estimated34% cheaper

Visa Information (US passport)

Short-stay entry

evisa

US passport holders need advance travel authorization or a visa before entry.

Quick comparison FAQ

Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.

How far does your money go in Bohicon compared with the US?

Your money goes about 2.9x further in Bohicon than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.