Benin City vs Luanda

Benin City and Luanda are level on the CIRA Index at 42. Benin City grades better on 4 measures, Luanda on 8; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Benin City 42, Luanda 42
• OECD: Benin City 41, Luanda 46
• UN Tourism: Benin City 47, Luanda 47
• UNDRR: Benin City 28, Luanda 38

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Benin City 55, Luanda 65
• Economy and jobs: Benin City 56, Luanda 31
• Climate and hazards: Benin City 20, Luanda 50
• Water and environment: Benin City 56, Luanda 56
• Community and housing: Benin City –, Luanda 0
• Access and continuity: Benin City 17, Luanda 38

Where Benin City is stronger

• Largest foreign market: 18 % of international arrivals or nights (country figure) (World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Nigeria Economic Impact Report 2024, 2023). Between 15 and 20: grade 3/4.
• Average length of stay: 7 nights per visitor (country figure) (Aninver Development Partners, Nigeria Hotel Market Report 2025, 2021). At or above 3.5: grade 4/4.
• Unemployment rate: 4.4 % of the labour force (region figure) (National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2023, 2023). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Green space: 15.9 % of the urban area that is green or tree-covered (Journal of Applied Life Sciences and Environment: Urban Landscape Analysis in Benin City, 2022). Between 10 and 20: grade 1/4.

Where Luanda is stronger

• Hotel bed or room occupancy: 72.6 % average annual occupancy (country figure) (Agência Angola Press (ANGOP) / Ministry of Tourism of Angola, 2025). Between 65 and 75: grade 3/4.
• Extreme heat days: 0 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Flood hazard: very low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 4/4.
• Country disaster risk: 6 INFORM Risk index, 0–10 (country figure) (INFORM Risk (European Commission JRC), INFORM Risk Mid 2026, 2026). Between 5 and 6.5: grade 1/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 52.4 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (country figure) (United Nations Statistics Division / UN-Water / WHO (SDG 6 Country Profiles & UN SDG Database), 2024). Between 50 and 70: grade 1/4.
• Access redundancy: 3 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (Highways Today / Caminho de Ferro de Luanda (CFL) / Porto de Luanda, 2024–2026). Between 3 and 4: grade 3/4.
• Government effectiveness: 22.6 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 20 and 40: grade 1/4.
• Travel advisory: 2 stricter of the US and Canadian government advisory for the country, 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel) (country figure) (US State Department and Government of Canada travel advisories, 2026-09-29). Between 1 and 2: grade 3/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Nigeria: #104 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Angola: #105 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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