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Benin

72 series · 1800–2025 · Lower middle income · Sub-Saharan Africa

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1959–202514,295,902 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1959–202524,566 (2025)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1950–202512,242,200 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1950–2025826,368 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1950–202520,699 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1959–2025116.8 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1950–20251,397 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1959–20259,604,769 (2025)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1959–202567.2 (2025)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1959–202516,505 (2025)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1959–20258,336,564 (2025)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1959–202558.3 (2025)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1959–202514,326 (2025)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1959–20251,268,205 (2025)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1959–20258.87 (2025)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1959–20252,179 (2025)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1959–20255,121,672 (2025)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1959–202535.8 (2025)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1959–20258,801 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1959–20255,065,125 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1959–202535.4 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1959–20258,704 (2025)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1892–20252,437,806 (2025)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1959–202517.1 (2025)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1903–20254,189 (2025)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1892–20252,868,350 (2025)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1959–202520.1 (2025)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1903–20254,929 (2025)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1967–2023-975,831 (2023)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1967–2023-8.18 (2023)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1903–2025581.9 (2025)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER1969–202394.0 (2023)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1967–2023-1,609 (2023)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1965–20242,372,594 (2024)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp1989–20242,372,594 (2024)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP1989–202418.2 (2024)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp1965–20252,656,050 (2025)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP1965–202518.6 (2025)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1965–20241,973,474 (2024)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev1989–20241,973,474 (2024)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev1965–20252,156,853 (2025)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP1989–202415.2 (2024)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP1965–202515.1 (2025)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax1965–20241,722,794 (2024)
Central government tax revenueMillions of local currencycgovtax1965–20241,722,794 (2024)
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovtax_GDP1965–202413.2 (2024)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1965–2024-3.06 (2024)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP1989–2024-3.06 (2024)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef1989–2024-399,120 (2024)
Central government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdef_GDP1965–2025-2.80 (2025)
Central government deficitMillions of local currencycgovdef1965–2025-400,358 (2025)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP1970–202460.5 (2024)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP1970–202460.5 (2024)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt1970–20247,884,166 (2024)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP1970–202454.0 (2024)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt1970–20247,038,343 (2024)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt1970–20247,884,166 (2024)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1965–2024-399,120 (2024)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1965–202418.2 (2024)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1965–202415.2 (2024)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP1965–202413.2 (2024)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Short-term interest ratePercentstrate2001–20212.00 (2021)
Long-term interest ratePercentltrate20156.25 (2015)
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1993–20202.00 (2020)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01962–20253,205,291 (2025)
M1Millions of local currencyM11962–20242,592,426 (2024)
M2Millions of local currencyM21962–20243,663,600 (2024)
M3Millions of local currencyM32001–20254,228,836 (2025)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1970–2025112.6 (2025)
InflationPercentinfl1970–20251.10 (2025)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–202514.8 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp1986–20221.68 (2022)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →