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Benin — Current account (USD)

millions of USD · Annual · 1965–2031 · 67 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 reports the amount in millions of US dollars.

For Benin, the current account reading stood at −1.38B USD in 2025. Against −1.30B USD in 2024, the period change was −82.96M USD. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −5.73% in 2025.

-2.00B-1.50B-1.00B-500.00M0500.00M1965202020252031USDSubscribe to view

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Latest observations

2018–2031

PeriodValue
2031-1.66B USD
2030-1.59B USD
2029-1.55B USD
2028-1.50B USD
2027-1.47B USD
9 earlier values, back to 2018
2026-1.38B USD
2025-1.38B USD
2024-1.30B USD
2023-1.61B USD
2022-991.00M USD
2021-734.66M USD
2020-273.97M USD
2019-575.59M USD
2018-648.82M USD
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.