Benin
Key Indicators
Summary statistics
Capital: Porto-Novo
Currency: West African CFA Franc (XOF)
Area: 114,763 km²
Geographic Location: Region: West Africa Coordinates: Approximately 6.50°N latitude and 2.60°E longitude.
Population: 14.5 million
| Description | 2022 | 2023 |
| National Accounts | ||
| Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| GDP (current prices, billions of US$) | 17.44 | 19.94 |
| GDP per capita (current prices, US$ per capita) | 1.3 thousand | 1.45 thousand |
| Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) | 1.4 | 5 |
| Trade | ||
| Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| BOP ( BALANCE OF PAYMENTS) | ||
| Current account, balance (billions of $US) | -0.983 | -1.188 |
| Current account, balance ( % of GDP) | -5.6 | -6 |
| FINANCE | ||
| General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) | -5.6 | -4.3 |
| General government gross debt (% of GDP) | 54.2 | 53 |
| EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS | ||
| Population | 13,352,864 | 13,712,828 |