Benin — Imports (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1959–2031 · 73 observations
About this series
Imports of goods and services are the value of goods and services supplied by nonresidents to residents during the period. The series measures a flow, not a stock. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
In Benin, the imports reading was 20.1% of GDP in 2025, compared with 21.8% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −1.74 percentage points.
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- Annual data, 1959–2031
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Latest observations
2017–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 28.2 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 27 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 26 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 24.9 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 23.8 % of GDP |
10 earlier values, back to 2017
| 2026 | 22.4 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 20.1 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 21.8 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 24.7 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 23.6 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 27.1 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 25 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 29.6 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 30.6 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 32.9 % of GDP |