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Benin: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2025 · 67 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
20.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.7 pointsfrom 21.8%
Average, 2016–2025
26.7%10 years
Record high and low
46.9% (1979)low 10.3% (1959)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.2Forecast
203027.0Forecast
202926.0Forecast
202824.9Forecast
202723.8Forecast
202622.4Forecast
202520.1
202421.8
202324.7
202223.6
202127.1
202025.0
201929.6
201830.6
201732.9
201631.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Benin documentation (PDF)

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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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