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Benin: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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

2025
35.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 35.1%
Average, 2016–2025
27.4%10 years
Record high and low
35.8% (2025)low 10.6% (1965)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203138.3Forecast
203038.1Forecast
202937.7Forecast
202837.4Forecast
202736.7Forecast
202636.8Forecast
202535.8
202435.1
202334.5
202231.1
202128.9
202025.6
201921.7
201821.1
201719.5
201620.3

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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