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Benin

75 indicators · 1800–2031 · 9,873 observations

Key series

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National accounts and activity

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Final consumptionconsAnnual1959–202567
Final consumption (% of GDP)cons_GDPAnnual1959–202567
Final consumption (USD)cons_USDAnnual1959–202567
GDP deflatordeflatorAnnual1959–203173
Gross fixed capital formationfinvAnnual1959–202565
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)finv_GDPAnnual1959–202565
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)finv_USDAnnual1959–202565
Government consumptiongconsAnnual1959–202567
Government consumption (% of GDP)gcons_GDPAnnual1959–202567
Government consumption (USD)gcons_USDAnnual1959–202567
Household consumptionhconsAnnual1959–202567
Household consumption (% of GDP)hcons_GDPAnnual1959–202567
Household consumption (USD)hcons_USDAnnual1959–202567
Gross capital formationinvAnnual1959–203173
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)inv_GDPAnnual1959–203173
Gross capital formation (USD)inv_USDAnnual1959–203173
Nominal GDPnGDPAnnual1959–203173
Nominal GDP (USD)nGDP_USDAnnual1959–203173
Real GDPrGDPAnnual1950–203182
Real GDP (USD)rGDP_USDAnnual1950–203182
Real GDP per capitarGDP_pcAnnual1950–203182
Real GDP per capita (USD)rGDP_pc_USDAnnual1950–203182

Prices

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Consumer price indexCPIAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1970–203162
Inflation rateinflAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1970–203162

Money, interest rates and exchange rates

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Money supply (M0)M0Annual · also Quarterly, Monthly1962–202564
Money supply (M1)M1Annual · also Quarterly, Monthly1962–202463
Money supply (M2)M2Annual · also Monthly1962–202463
Money supply (M3)M3Quarterly · also Annual, MonthlyQ4 2001–Q2 202699
Real effective exchange rateREERAnnual · also Monthly1969–202355
US dollar exchange rateUSDfxAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1903–2031129
Central bank policy ratecbrateAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1993–202028
Long-term interest rateltrateAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly2015–20151
Short-term interest ratestrateAnnual · also Monthly2001–202121

Government finance

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Central government debtcgovdebtAnnual1970–202455
Central government debt (% of GDP)cgovdebt_GDPAnnual1970–202455
Central government deficitcgovdefAnnual1965–202561
Central government deficit (% of GDP)cgovdef_GDPAnnual1965–202561
Central government expenditurecgovexpAnnual1965–202561
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)cgovexp_GDPAnnual1965–202561
Central government revenuecgovrevAnnual1965–202561
Central government revenue (% of GDP)cgovrev_GDPAnnual1965–202561
Central government tax revenuecgovtaxAnnual1965–202460
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)cgovtax_GDPAnnual1965–202460
General government debtgen_govdebtAnnual1970–203162
General government debt (% of GDP)gen_govdebt_GDPAnnual1970–203162
General government deficitgen_govdefAnnual1989–203143
General government deficit (% of GDP)gen_govdef_GDPAnnual1989–203143
General government expendituregen_govexpAnnual1989–203143
General government expenditure (% of GDP)gen_govexp_GDPAnnual1989–203143
General government revenuegen_govrevAnnual1989–203143
General government revenue (% of GDP)gen_govrev_GDPAnnual1989–203143
General government tax revenuegen_govtaxAnnual1990–202435
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)gen_govtax_GDPAnnual1990–202435
Combined government debtgovdebtAnnual1970–203162
Combined government debt (% of GDP)govdebt_GDPAnnual1970–203162
Combined government deficitgovdefAnnual1965–203167
Combined government deficit (% of GDP)govdef_GDPAnnual1965–203167
Combined government expendituregovexpAnnual1965–203167
Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)govexp_GDPAnnual1965–203167
Combined government revenuegovrevAnnual1965–203167
Combined government revenue (% of GDP)govrev_GDPAnnual1965–203167
Combined government tax revenuegovtaxAnnual1965–202460
Combined government tax revenue (% of GDP)govtax_GDPAnnual1965–202460

External sector

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Current accountCAAnnual1967–203165
Current account (% of GDP)CA_GDPAnnual1967–203165
Current account (USD)CA_USDAnnual1965–203167
ExportsexportsAnnual1892–2031138
Exports (% of GDP)exports_GDPAnnual1959–203173
Exports (USD)exports_USDAnnual1903–2031127
ImportsimportsAnnual1892–2031138
Imports (% of GDP)imports_GDPAnnual1959–203173
Imports (USD)imports_USDAnnual1903–2031127

Labour and population

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
PopulationpopAnnual1800–2031232
Unemployment rateunempAnnual1986–202536

Other

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Monetary baseMBQuarterly · also Annual, MonthlyQ1 2004–Q2 202690
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