Financial Sector in Benin

293 indicators covering financial sector for Benin.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar 25.25 million 2025 up 659.3% 112th
Reserve position in the IMF, SDR 18.44 million 2025 up 668.3% 112th
Reserve tranche position, US dollar 25.25 million 2025 up 659.3% 112th
Reserve tranche position, SDR 18.44 million 2025 up 668.3% 112th
Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar), annual growth rate -65.8 % change on previous year 2023 down 2,181.2% 171st
Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio 6.5% 2025 up 8.3% 130th
Remittance inflows to GDP 1.3% 2020 down 10.7% 120th
Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per capita 32.09 US dollar per person 2023 down 50.3% 164th
Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per unit of GDP 0.023 US dollar per US$ of GDP 2023 down 58.4% 164th
Lending interest rate 6.2% 2021 up 18.9% 103rd
Total assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets) 0.5312 % change on previous year 2023 down 98.0% 145th
Real interest rate 4.6% 2021 up 210.4% 78th
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF 24.57 million US dollar 2023 up 579.2% 101st
Reserve assets, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), Adjusted using IMF 220.55 million US dollar 2023 up 188.2% 95th
Deposit Rate, Percent per annum 5.3 2021 down 37.7% 52nd
Other investment, Currency and deposits, Deposit taking corporations 123.67 million US dollar 2023 down 77.2% 154th
Total assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets) 515.25 US dollar per person 2023 up 65.9% 148th
Total assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets) 0.3696 US dollar per US$ of GDP 2023 up 39.1% 135th
Lending Rate, Percent per annum 6.25 2021 up 18.9% 104th
Assets, International Liquidity, Claims on Nonresidents (ODCS) 5.04 billion 2025 up 101.2% 80th
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF 1.74 US dollar per person 2023 up 415.5% 118th
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF 0.0012 US dollar per US$ of GDP 2023 up 332.2% 95th
Reserve assets, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), Adjusted using IMF 15.63 US dollar per person 2023 up 118.7% 114th
Reserve assets, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), Adjusted using IMF 0.0112 US dollar per US$ of GDP 2023 up 83.4% 67th
Assets, International Liquidity, Claims on Nonresidents (ODCS) (US) 14.58 % change on previous year 2025 up 113.5% 74th
Other investment, Currency and deposits, Deposit taking corporations 22.5 % change on previous year 2023 down 52.4% 53rd
Other investment, Currency and deposits, Deposit taking corporations 8.76 US dollar per person 2023 down 82.7% 156th
Other investment, Currency and deposits, Deposit taking corporations 0.0063 US dollar per US$ of GDP 2023 down 85.5% 153rd
Does the Law Grant Spouses Equal Administrative Authority Over Assets 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Do Sons and Daughters Have Equal Rights to Inherit Assets From Their 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Do Male and Female Surviving Spouses Have Equal Rights to Inherit 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does the Law Provide For the Valuation of Nonmonetary Contributions? 0 2023 134th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Assets Score 80 2023 unchanged 115th
Can a Woman Open a Bank Account in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does the Law Prohibit Discrimination in Access to Credit Based on 1 2023 1st
Assets, International Liquidity, Claims on Nonresidents (ODCS) (US) 340.27 units per person 2025 up 54.3% 101st
Assets, International Liquidity, Claims on Nonresidents (ODCS) (US) 0.2052 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 6.7% 44th
Reserve assets, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs), Adjusted using IMF -58.06 % change on previous year 2023 down 31,331.7% 151st
Commercial bank branches 2.52 per 100,000 adults 2024 down 22.2% 172nd
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the 6.2% 2021 down 40.6% 117th
Automated teller machines (ATMs) 3.97 per 100,000 adults 2024 up 20.9% 174th
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors 7.0% 2021 down 48.2% 160th
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking 0.8% 2021 down 74.1% 179th
Reserve assets, Reserve position in the IMF, Adjusted using IMF 0.8134 % change on previous year 2023 down 67.5% 111th
Reserve assets (Assets, Positions, US dollar), per square kilometre 4,016 US dollar per square kilometre 2023 down 34.5% 154th
Reserve assets, Assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records -890.78 million 2023 down 2,274.8% 176th
Net errors and omissions, Net (credits less debits), Adjusted using -35.88 million 2023 down 286.3% 107th
Primary income balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) -189.28 million 2023 down 174.3% 77th
Secondary income balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less) 258.86 million 2023 up 1.8% 105th
Services balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) -1.08 billion 2023 down 337.6% 140th
Total current account credit/revenue, Credit/Revenue 5.27 billion 2023 up 75.0% 144th
Current account balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) -1.61 billion 2023 down 138.9% 143rd
Goods balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) -598.79 million 2023 up 2.2% 92nd
Goods, Credit/Revenue 4.05 billion 2023 up 104.3% 128th
Primary income, Credit/Revenue 344.02 million 2023 up 122.9% 124th
Services, Credit/Revenue 461.10 million 2023 down 10.4% 160th
Other investment, Net acquisition of financial assets, Assets 544.84 million 2023 up 131.3% 87th
Secondary income, Credit/Revenue 410.58 million 2023 up 14.8% 147th
Total assets, Adjusted using IMF accounting records (Assets) 64,480 US dollar per square kilometre 2023 up 118.6% 130th
Capital account balance (credit less debit), Net (credits less debits) 197.03 million 2023 up 5.9% 54th