Government budget and revenue in Littoral, Benin: official figures
The communes of Littoral (Cotonou) had 19,566 CFA francs of revenue per inhabitant in 2025, including 1,342 CFA francs of local taxes, 809 CFA francs of other own revenue, 16,287 CFA francs of self-financing and borrowing and 1,128 CFA francs of transfers; the highest of the 10 departments in the table (all communes: 6,600 CFA francs). Couffo and Mono are not in the Treasury's table.
How dependent are the communes of Littoral on state transfers?
Transfers from the state and other bodies brought the communes of Littoral (Cotonou) 1,128 CFA francs per inhabitant in 2025, 6% of their revenue; the lowest of the 10 departments in the table (all communes: 3,465 CFA francs, 52%).
Source: Direction Générale du Trésor et de la Comptabilité Publique (DGTCP), Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much do the communes of Littoral spend?
The communes of Littoral (Cotonou) spent 25,664 CFA francs per inhabitant in 2025, the highest of the 10 departments in the table (all communes: 7,377 CFA francs).
Source: Direction Générale du Trésor et de la Comptabilité Publique (DGTCP), Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much do the communes of Littoral invest?
Commune investment spending in Littoral (Cotonou) came to 19,047 CFA francs per inhabitant in 2025, the highest of the 10 departments in the table (all communes: 4,167 CFA francs).
Source: Direction Générale du Trésor et de la Comptabilité Publique (DGTCP), Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyMore figures
- Local investment spending by the communes of Littoral (Cotonou) reached 23.39 billion CFA francs in 2025, up 127.15% on 2024 (all 77 communes: 60.04 billion, up 41.81%), according to the Treasury. Source: Direction Générale du Trésor et de la Comptabilité Publique (DGTCP), Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copy
How Littoral compares with other departments
Commune revenue per inhabitant (CFA francs) (2025)
Littoral ranks 1 of 10, highest first. Couffo and Mono have no row in the Treasury table.
| Rank | Region | Commune revenue per inhabitant (CFA francs) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Littoral | 19,566 |
| 2 | Atacora | 10,338 |
| 3 | Donga | 6,303 |
| 4 | Zou | 5,615 |
| 5 | Ouémé | 5,609 |
| 6 | Alibori | 5,560 |
| 7 | Atlantique | 4,636 |
Commune investment spending per inhabitant (CFA francs) (2025)
Littoral ranks 1 of 10, highest first. Couffo and Mono have no row in the Treasury table.
| Rank | Region | Commune investment spending per inhabitant (CFA francs) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Littoral | 19,047 |
| 2 | Donga | 4,712 |
| 3 | Atacora | 4,241 |
| 4 | Alibori | 3,972 |
| 5 | Borgou | 2,767 |
| 6 | Zou | 2,395 |
| 7 | Plateau | 2,353 |
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Sources
- Direction Générale du Trésor et de la Comptabilité Publique (DGTCP), Ministry of Economy and Finance: Note de conjoncture des finances locales, exercice budgétaire 2025 (March 2026): Table 11, commune budgets per inhabitant by department, and local investment by department, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8cc614c1e0f4…)
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