Contact Contacts
Current account balance — all countries

Current account balance — Benin

Current account balance in Benin in 2031 — -4%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 188. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 0.7 pp.

2031 -4% +0.1 pp vs 2030
World rank 135of 188
Period maximum 0.5%1994
Period minimum -20.9%1982

Trend over time

1980–2031 · % of GDP

Current account balance — Benin, 1980–2031-30-20-1001019801986199219982004201020162022202820311980: -4.7%1981: -16.9%1982: -20.9%1983: -11.7%1984: -3.7%1985: -2.6%1986: -2.7%1987: -1.5%1988: -4.5%1989: -0.6%1990: -0.7%1991: -8%1992: -2.4%1993: -1.9%1994: 0.5%1995: -5.6%1996: -1.3%1997: -5%1998: -3.9%1999: -4.2%2000: -2.3%2001: -2%2002: -3.7%2003: -6.2%2004: -4.7%2005: -3.4%2006: -3.1%2007: -6.5%2008: -5.5%2009: -6.7%2010: -5.6%2011: -4.8%2012: -5.2%2013: -5.4%2014: -6.7%2015: -6%2016: -3%2017: -4.2%2018: -4.5%2019: -3.9%2020: -1.7%2021: -4.2%2022: -5.7%2023: -8.2%2024: -6%2025: -5.7%2026: -5%2027: -4.9%2028: -4.6%2029: -4.4%2030: -4.1%2031: -4%
Change over the period: +0.7 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2031

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

Benin -4%
World computed 0.28%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed -1.15%
Western Africa computed 1.16%
Lower-middle-income countries computed -1.75%
Current account balance — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2031 -4 +0.1 pp
2030 -4.1 +0.3 pp
2029 -4.4 +0.2 pp
2028 -4.6 +0.3 pp
2027 -4.9 +0.1 pp
2026 -5 +0.7 pp
2025 -5.7 +0.3 pp
2024 -6 +2.2 pp
2023 -8.2 −2.5 pp
2022 -5.7 −1.5 pp
2021 -4.2 −2.5 pp
2020 -1.7 +2.2 pp
2019 -3.9 +0.6 pp
2018 -4.5 −0.3 pp
2017 -4.2 −1.2 pp
2016 -3 +3 pp
2015 -6 +0.7 pp
2014 -6.7 −1.3 pp
2013 -5.4 −0.2 pp
2012 -5.2 −0.4 pp
2011 -4.8 +0.8 pp
2010 -5.6 +1.1 pp
2009 -6.7 −1.2 pp
2008 -5.5 +1 pp
2007 -6.5 −3.4 pp
2006 -3.1 +0.3 pp
2005 -3.4 +1.3 pp
2004 -4.7 +1.5 pp
2003 -6.2 −2.5 pp
2002 -3.7 −1.7 pp
2001 -2 +0.3 pp
2000 -2.3 +1.9 pp
1999 -4.2 −0.3 pp
1998 -3.9 +1.1 pp
1997 -5 −3.7 pp
1996 -1.3 +4.3 pp
1995 -5.6 −6.1 pp
1994 0.5 +2.4 pp
1993 -1.9 +0.5 pp
1992 -2.4 +5.6 pp
1991 -8 −7.3 pp
1990 -0.7 −0.1 pp
1989 -0.6 +3.9 pp
1988 -4.5 −3 pp
1987 -1.5 +1.2 pp
1986 -2.7 −0.1 pp
1985 -2.6 +1.1 pp
1984 -3.7 +8 pp
1983 -11.7 +9.2 pp
1982 -20.9 −4 pp
1981 -16.9 −12.2 pp
1980 -4.7 —

Western Africa, 2031

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

BF Burkina Faso 5.5 GH Ghana 4.9 NG Nigeria 3.3 ML Mali 0.8 GN Guinea -1.4 TG Togo -1.7 NE Niger -2 CV Cabo Verde -2.3 GM Gambia -2.3 CI Côte d'Ivoire -2.5 SL Sierra Leone -3 BJ Benin -4 GW Guinea-Bissau -4 SN Senegal -5.3 MR Mauritania -6.3 LR Liberia -14.3
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP: trade in goods and services, primary income (interest, dividends, compensation of employees) and secondary income (transfers). A surplus means a country earns more abroad than it spends and is building up external assets; a persistent deficit has to be financed by an inflow of capital.

Source: World Economic Outlook (IMF), license IMF open data.

Other indicators for Benin

Finance Current account balance in US dollars

How much more a country receives from abroad than it pays out there. A minus means it pays more.

Benin by year Finance Current account balance (World Bank)

The current account balance as a percent of GDP from World Bank data.

Benin by year Trade Trade openness

Exports plus imports as a percent of GDP — total foreign trade turnover.

Benin by year
All indicators for Benin