Economy & Growth in Benin

1,200 indicators covering economy & growth for Benin.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Government revenues as a share of GDP 17.8% 2013 up 4.8% 146th
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Other barriers 0.0659 Index 2025 28th
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Infrastructure and 0.119 Index 2025 up 50.0% 37th
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Electronic transactions 0 Index 2025 down 100.0% 98th
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Payment system 0.0184 Index 2025 unchanged 23rd
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index — Intellectual property 0 Index 2025 39th
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index 0.2033 Index 2025 up 70.8% 58th
Digital STRI Heterogeneity Indices — Services trade restrictiveness 0.2512 Index 2025 down 53.0% 98th
Rice — Producer Price 435,087 SLC 2024 up 21.1% 15th
Beans, dry — Producer Price 653,727 LCU 2024 up 78.0% 15th
Total trade of tracked Environmentally Sound Technologies 224.86 million 2023 up 85.2% 150th
Rice — Producer Price 717.6 USD 2024 up 18.4% 20th
Alcohol consumption per person 8.83 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 33.6% 41st
Share of products from least-developed countries that have no tariff 72.2% 2024 down 4.3% 63rd
Labour share of GDP 45.7% 2025 down 4.8% 65th
Beans, dry — Producer Price 660,496 SLC 2024 up 62.9% 16th
Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and 18.5% 2023 up 498.3% 9th
Beans, dry — Producer Price 1,089 USD 2024 up 59.2% 43rd
2.5.1b Number of local breeds for which sufficient genetic resources 0 No 2025 31st
2.5.1b Number of transboundary breeds for which sufficient genetic 0 No 2025 30th
Beer as a share of total alcohol consumption 17.0% 2019 down 40.6% 165th
Wine as a share of total alcohol consumption 0.9% 2019 down 76.7% 158th
Spirits as a share of total alcohol consumption 4.0% 2019 down 46.8% 171st
Daily cigarette consumption per smoker 4.8 2012 down 25.0% 172nd
External debt stocks as a proportion of GNI 66.6% 2024 up 141.3% 32nd
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 185,000 LCU 2024 up 72.9% 21st
Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 43.98 billion constant LCU 2010 down 17.7% 44th
Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 147,639 LCU 2024 down 35.8% 20th
Okra — Producer Price Index 154.5 2025 up 35.3% 13th
Income share of the richest 1% (before tax) 12.8% 2021 down 16.3% 72nd
Income share of the richest 1% vs. GDP per capita 12.8% 2021 down 16.3% 72nd
Threshold income or consumption per month for each decile 62.15 international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 109.7% 113th
External debt as a share of gross national income 66.5% 2024 up 141.3% 31st
Yams — Producer Price Index 135.69 2025 up 54.4% 23rd
Sorghum — Producer Price 400,361 LCU 2024 up 121.2% 11th
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 203,250 SLC 2024 down 14.5% 18th
Revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP 1.4% 2013 down 14.2% 138th
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 335.2 USD 2024 down 16.4% 49th
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average 29.09 Percentage of taxable income 2025 up 6.7% 21st
Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal 39.63 Percentage of taxable income 2025 up 16.3% 38th
Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 130,626 SLC 2024 down 21.8% 20th
Sorghum — Producer Price 361,853 SLC 2024 up 103.3% 11th
Taro — Producer Price Index 82.37 2025 down 17.0% 25th
Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 215.4 USD 2024 down 23.6% 49th
Sorghum — Producer Price 596.8 USD 2024 up 98.7% 10th
Mean income or consumption per day: 2017 vs. 2021 international-$ 5.27 international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 67.5% 102nd
Share of children who are stunted vs. GDP per capita 34.1% 2021 down 8.8% 17th
Debt service as a share of exports of good and services 18.5% 2023 up 498.1% 9th
Median income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita 4.2 international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 101.1% 101st
Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita 5.27 international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 67.5% 100th
Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. GDP per capita 2.07 international-$ in 2021 prices 2021 up 109.7% 100th
Millet — Producer Price 416,398 LCU 2024 up 11.5% 6th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban — Value — All age 19.13 % 2022 down 16.4% 77th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural — Value — All age 5.76 % 2022 up 3.2% 74th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban — Value — All age 40 % 2022 down 3.9% 74th
Share of people (15+) who report having an account at a bank (by) 55.02 % 2024 up 178.4% 80th
Share of people (15+) who report having an account at a bank (by) 49.06 % 2024 up 260.7% 77th
Gender gap in share of people (15+) who report having an account at a 5.96 % 2024 down 3.2% 38th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural — Value — All age 18.66 % 2022 up 2.0% 70th
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters 72.50 million current united states dollars 2020 down 97.2% 51st