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Benin: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025
12.2 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+8.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+6.2%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$20.7 billionUS dollars

Real GDP

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203117,830,314Forecast
203016,816,948Forecast
202915,858,693Forecast
202814,893,271Forecast
202713,972,860Forecast
202613,095,760Forecast
202512,242,200
202411,327,600
202310,541,900
20229,912,200
20219,328,871
20208,705,922
20198,383,268
20187,844,677
20177,352,277
20166,957,668

Sources

  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Central Bank of West African States1960–2024
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1962–2024
  • Mitchell1970–2010
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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