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Benin: Gross capital formation

Millions of local currency · 1959–2025 · 67 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv

2025
5.12 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+12.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+13.9%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$8.8 billionUS dollars

Gross capital formation

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20318,989,626Forecast
20308,272,921Forecast
20297,569,719Forecast
20286,911,477Forecast
20276,240,778Forecast
20265,742,792Forecast
20255,121,672
20244,567,175
20234,121,227
20223,380,971
20212,830,157
20202,309,304
20191,868,093
20181,676,773
20171,444,989
20161,420,103

Sources

  • Mitchell1959–2010
  • Penn World Table1959–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1975–2022
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Central Bank of West African States1990–2024
  • Franc Zone1991–2019
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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