Benin — Current account (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1967–2031 · 65 observations
About this series
The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
The current account reading for Benin was −5.73% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −6.04% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +0.32 percentage points.
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- Annual data, 1967–2031
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Latest observations
2019–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.99 % of GDP |
| 2030 | -4.14 % of GDP |
| 2029 | -4.37 % of GDP |
| 2028 | -4.59 % of GDP |
| 2027 | -4.86 % of GDP |
8 earlier values, back to 2019
| 2026 | -4.96 % of GDP |
| 2025 | -5.73 % of GDP |
| 2024 | -6.04 % of GDP |
| 2023 | -8.18 % of GDP |
| 2022 | -5.69 % of GDP |
| 2021 | -4.15 % of GDP |
| 2020 | -1.75 % of GDP |
| 2019 | -4 % of GDP |