Benin: Current account (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1967–2023 · 57 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP
- 2023
- −8.18%percent of GDP
- Change on 2022
- −2.5 pointsfrom −5.69%
- Average, 2014–2023
- −4.81%10 years
- Record high and low
- 0.66% (1994)low −29.3% (1982)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.99 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -4.14 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -4.37 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -4.59 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -4.86 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -4.96 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -5.67 | Forecast |
| 2024 | -6.04 | Forecast |
| 2023 | -8.18 | |
| 2022 | -5.69 | |
| 2021 | -4.15 | |
| 2020 | -1.75 | |
| 2019 | -4.00 | |
| 2018 | -4.55 | |
| 2017 | -4.18 | |
| 2016 | -3.00 | |
| 2015 | -5.96 | |
| 2014 | -6.67 |
Sources
- Central Bank of West African States1967–1986
- WDI (archive)1974–1994
- IMF International Financial Statistics1974–2023
- World Development Indicators1974–2023
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
- IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031
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 →
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