Internet status in Benin

Operational · for 6 hours

No internet disruption detected in Benin right now. 11 of 11 monitored hosts are reachable. Status: Operational.

Recent incidents in Benin

• Oct 27, 2026 — Degraded: 9 of 11 monitored hosts reachable · confirmed from other locations
• Oct 26, 2026 — Degraded: 8 of 11 monitored hosts reachable · our probes ignored (route from our server)
• Oct 26, 2026 — Degraded: 9 of 11 monitored hosts reachable · confirmed from other locations
• Oct 26, 2026 — Degraded: 9 of 11 monitored hosts reachable · confirmed from other locations
• Oct 26, 2026 — Degraded: 8 of 11 monitored hosts reachable · our probes ignored (route from our server)

Full outage history of Benin · RSS feed

Is the internet down in Benin right now?

No internet disruption detected in Benin right now. 11 of 11 monitored hosts are reachable. Status: Operational. Blackout Map checks this every 5 minutes.

How does Blackout Map measure the internet in Benin?

We ping 11 hosts inside Benin, spread over 3 networks, every 5 minutes, and combine this with IODA (Georgia Tech) data on BGP routing and large-scale active probing.

Has Benin ever shut down the internet?

The Internet Society's Pulse tracker records 2 government-ordered internet shutdowns or blocks in Benin since 2019. Most recent: May 1, 2019. Shutdown data provided by Internet Society.

How many submarine cables connect Benin?

Benin has 3 submarine cables landing at 1 station (GeoCables resilience score 37/100, vulnerable).