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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)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-3.99Forecast
2030-4.14Forecast
2029-4.37Forecast
2028-4.59Forecast
2027-4.86Forecast
2026-4.96Forecast
2025-5.67Forecast
2024-6.04Forecast
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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