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Services share of GDP — Benin

Services share of GDP in Benin in 2025 — 50.1%. Ranked 109 in the world out of 158. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.4 pp.

2025 50.1% +1.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 109of 158
Period maximum 55.6%1977
Period minimum 33.5%1999

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Benin, 1960–20253040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.6%1962: 45.5%1964: 43.7%1966: 43.5%1968: 50.3%1970: 52%1972: 51.9%1974: 51.4%1976: 53.9%1978: 51.5%1980: 52.3%1982: 52.4%1984: 49.6%1986: 54.2%1988: 52.2%1990: 52.9%1992: 53.3%1994: 54.4%1996: 51%1998: 50.9%2000: 35.3%2002: 35.8%2004: 36.9%2006: 39.2%2008: 43.8%2010: 44.5%2012: 48.9%2014: 49.5%2016: 48.2%2018: 48.8%2020: 47.9%2022: 46.9%2024: 48.9%2025: 50.1%
Change over the period: +6.4 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin

Benin 50.1%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Western Africa computed 50.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50.1 +1.2 pp
2024 48.9 +1.2 pp
2023 47.7 +0.8 pp
2022 46.9 +1 pp
2021 45.9 −2 pp
2020 47.9 −0.1 pp
2019 48 −0.8 pp
2018 48.8 +0.4 pp
2017 48.4 +0.2 pp
2016 48.2 −1 pp
2015 49.2 −0.3 pp
2014 49.5 +0.1 pp
2013 49.4 +0.5 pp
2012 48.9 +1.9 pp
2011 47 +2.4 pp
2010 44.5 +0.5 pp
2009 44.1 +0.3 pp
2008 43.8 +2.8 pp
2007 41 +1.8 pp
2006 39.2 +1.2 pp
2005 38 +1.1 pp
2004 36.9 −0.3 pp
2003 37.2 +1.4 pp
2002 35.8 −1.8 pp
2001 37.6 +2.3 pp
2000 35.3 +1.8 pp
1999 33.5 −17.4 pp
1998 50.9 +0.2 pp
1997 50.7 −0.3 pp
1996 51 −2.5 pp
1995 53.5 −0.9 pp
1994 54.4 +0.7 pp
1993 53.7 +0.3 pp
1992 53.3 +0.4 pp
1991 53 +0.1 pp
1990 52.9 +3.5 pp
1989 49.4 −2.9 pp
1988 52.2 −2.1 pp
1987 54.4 +0.1 pp
1986 54.2 +2.5 pp
1985 51.8 +2.1 pp
1984 49.6 −1.9 pp
1983 51.5 −0.9 pp
1982 52.4 −2 pp
1981 54.4 +2.1 pp
1980 52.3 +0.6 pp
1979 51.7 +0.2 pp
1978 51.5 −4.1 pp
1977 55.6 +1.7 pp
1976 53.9 +0.6 pp
1975 53.3 +1.9 pp
1974 51.4 −0.7 pp
1973 52.1 +0.2 pp
1972 51.9 −0.3 pp
1971 52.2 +0.2 pp
1970 52 +1.5 pp
1969 50.4 +0.2 pp
1968 50.3 +3.8 pp
1967 46.5 +3 pp
1966 43.5 −3.9 pp
1965 47.4 +3.7 pp
1964 43.7 −1.1 pp
1963 44.8 −0.7 pp
1962 45.5 +1.5 pp
1961 44 +0.4 pp
1960 43.6 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.9 TG Togo 61.7 NG Nigeria 58.2 GM Gambia 53.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 51.2 BJ Benin 50.1 SN Senegal 46.3 GH Ghana 42.9 MR Mauritania 42.4 SL Sierra Leone 41.6 BF Burkina Faso 41.5 LR Liberia 40 GW Guinea-Bissau 39.1 ML Mali 36.6 GN Guinea 35.7 NE Niger 31.1
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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