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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Benin economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Benin best banks and safest banks are also available.
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| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 6% | 4.9% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 3% | 4.8% | 7.2% |
| 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 6.4% | 2.1% | 4% | 5.8% | 6.5% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
| 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 0.2% | -0.8% | 1.8% | 0.8% | -0.3% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 30.9% | 35.9% | 39.6% | 41% | 40.9% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -5.6% | -4.3% | -4.2% | -3% | -2.3% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-6.0 % (2018 estimate)
35.4% (2018)
0.01% (2018)
0.01% (2018)
Cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood
Foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products
Bangladesh 18.1%, India 10.7%, Ukraine 9%, Niger 8.1%, China 7.7%, Nigeria 7.2%, Turkey 4% (2017)
Thailand 18.1%, India 15.9%, France 8.5%, China 7.5%, Togo 5.9%, Netherlands 4.3%, Belgium 4.3% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 132 million | USD 200 million | USD 208 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 17 million | USD 32 million | USD 24 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
(for a monthly update on M&A; click here )
N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
149 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 65 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 82 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 178 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 126 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 152 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 120 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 171 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 110 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 162 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 108 out of 190 countries
125 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 127 / Score: 55.3 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Porto-Novo (constitutional capital); Cotonou (seat of government)
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Muslim 27.7%, Roman Catholic 25.5%, Protestant 13.5% (Celestial 6.7%, Methodist 3.4%, other Protestant 3.4%), Vodoun 11.6%, other Christian 9.5%, other traditional religions 2.6%, other 2.6%, none 5.8% (2013 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
| 4.98 million | 6.87 million | 9.2 million | 10.58 million | 12.15 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 9.3% | 27.3% | 38.3% | 47.3% |
Total population: 38.4%
Male: 49.9%
Female: 27.3%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
76.2% (last available estimate, 2015)
47.8 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0.4%
Mobile: 82.4%
(2018)
fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)