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USD 10.5 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 27.7 billion (2018, estimate)
| 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 |
-11.8% (2017 estimate)
28.2% (2015)
0.01% (2015)
0.009% (2014)
Cotton, cashews, shea butter, textiles, palm products, seafood
Foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products
India 24.2%, Gabon 14.6%, China 7.2%, Niger 6%, Bangladesh 5%, Nigeria 4.9%, Vietnam 4.2% (2015)
China 42.1%, US 8.9%, India 5.7%, Malaysia 4.8%, Thailand 4.3%, France 4% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 360 million | USD 405 million | USD 229 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 59 million | USD 17 million | USD 26 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
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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: 155 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 57 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 169 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 173 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 139 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 145 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 133 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 173 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 74 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 174 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 115 out of 190 countries
124 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 101 / Score: 59.31 (Mostly unfree) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
French (official), Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south), tribal languages (at least six major ones in north)
Muslim 27.7%, 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 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 5.001 million | 6.949 million | 9.51 million | 11.128 million | 12.439 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 9% | 27% | 38% | 44% |
Total population: 38.4%
Male: 49.9%
Female: 27.3% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
37.2% (2011)
43.4 (2011)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 1.79% Mobile 85.64% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)