- Assets
- 185of 189 records
- Top-100 mean
- 13.23of 25
- Scoring a full 25
- 0
- Leading group
- 26%Transport
Where the top 100 are79 located
A larger circle is a higher score. A fainter one marks the place an asset is in, or a point standing for a network, not the asset's own site.
The shape of the register
How the nation's strategic weight and its assets are spread across the ten capability groups, and how its scores are distributed.
Signature
Each capability group's share of the score carried by the nation's 200 highest-scoring assets.
Social
Transport
Energy
Communications & Digital
Agriculture & Food
Water, Sanitation & Waste
Advanced Manufacturing
Financial
Space, Aerospace & Defence
Resource
26.3%
22.2%
13.9%
8.2%
6.6%
6.4%
4.7%
4.2%
4.2%
3.4%
Assets by capability group
Every discrete asset on the register, and how many of each group reach the national top 100.
Score distribution
The number of assets at each score from 0 to 25.
Source National Infrastructure Index, Strategic Infrastructure schema v1.1. An asset's score is the sum of five dimensions, each judged from 0 to 5; individual scores are approximate.
Not yet or no longer operating: 5 under construction, 3 damaged or idle, 5 planned, 4 inactive.
National top 100
Every asset competes on its score, with no quota by sector. The five dimensions are each judged from 0 to 5.
| # | Asset | Flow | Reach | Centrality | Substitutability | Throughput | Score | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Autonome de CotonouTransport · Seaports & Terminals · Cotonou, Littoral Department | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | high |
| 2 | ACE and SAT-3/WASC subsea cable landing station, CotonouCommunications & Digital · Subsea Cables & International Gateways · Cotonou | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | medium |
| 3 | Communaute Electrique du Benin transmission networkEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Nationwide and Togo interconnection | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | medium |
| 4 | Niger-Benin crude oil export pipeline and Seme terminalResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Northern border to Seme-Kpodji, Oueme | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | high |
| 5 | Cardinal Bernardin Gantin International Airport of CotonouTransport · Air Infrastructure · Cotonou, Littoral Department | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | high |
| 6 | Presidential Palace and Marina government quarter, CotonouSocial · Government & Public Administration · Marina, Cotonou | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | medium |
| 7 | Seme-Kraké border post and Cotonou-Lagos coastal corridorTransport · Logistics, Multimodal & Border Infrastructure · Kraké, Oueme Department | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | high |
| 8 | Societe Nationale des Eaux du Benin Cotonou water production fieldsWater, Sanitation & Waste · Water Supply & Treatment · Godomey and Cotonou | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | medium |
| 9 | Societe Beninoise d'Energie Electrique Cotonou distribution networkEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Cotonou and Porto-Novo | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | medium |
| 10 | Sakete 330 and 161 kV substationEnergy · Transmission & Distribution · Sakete | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | medium |
| 11 | Agence des Systemes d'Information et du Numerique national data centreCommunications & Digital · Data Centres, Compute & Cloud · Cotonou | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | medium |
| 12 | Maria Gleta Thermal Power PlantEnergy · Thermal Generation · Maria Gleta, Abomey-Calavi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | high |
| 13 | Benin Terminal container facility, CotonouTransport · Seaports & Terminals · Port of Cotonou | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | high |
| 14 | RNIE2 Cotonou-Parakou-Malanville corridorTransport · Roads & Bridges · Cotonou to Malanville on the Niger border | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | medium |
| 15 | SONACOP fuel depot, CotonouEnergy · Storage & Fuel Supply · Cotonou port zone | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | low |
| 16 | West African Gas Pipeline Maria Gleta regulating and metering stationResource · Storage, Transport & Export · Maria Gleta, Abomey-Calavi | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | medium |
| 17 | Societe Beninoise d'Infrastructures Numeriques national fibre optic backboneCommunications & Digital · Core & Backbone Networks · Cotonou to Malanville | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | medium |
| 18 | Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest national agency, CotonouFinancial · Currency & Reserves · Cotonou | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | medium |
| 19 | Camp Guezo military headquarters, CotonouSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Military Bases & Installations · Cotonou | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | medium |
| 20 | Agence Nationale d'Identification des Personnes national biometric registerCommunications & Digital · Data Resources · Cotonou | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | medium |
| 21 | MTN Benin mobile core networkCommunications & Digital · Core & Backbone Networks · Nationwide, core in Cotonou | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | high |
| 22 | Benin Navy base, CotonouSpace, Aerospace & Defence · Military Bases & Installations · Cotonou port area | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | medium |
| 23 | Glo-Djigbe Industrial Zone (GDIZ)Advanced Manufacturing · Supply Chain & Ecosystem · Glo-Djigbe, Atlantique Department | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | high |
| 24 | Bank of Africa Benin headquarters, CotonouFinancial · Banks, Insurers & Systemic Institutions · Cotonou | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | high |
| 25 | SODECO cotton ginning networkAgriculture & Food · Storage, Cold Chain & Markets · Borgou, Alibori and Atacora departments | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | medium |