Benin's exports rose from US$626M in 1996 to US$4.19B in 2025.
Benin · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Benin's imports rose from US$709M in 1996 to US$4.93B in 2025.
Benin's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$528M in 1996 to US$3.99B in 2025.
Benin's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$654M in 1996 to US$4.95B in 2025.
Benin's services exports rose from US$142M in 1994 to US$461M in 2023.
Benin's trade balance fell from US$-83.1M in 1996 to US$-740M in 2025.
Benin's current account balance (us$) fell from US$10.6M in 1994 to US$-1.61B in 2023.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −1.8 pts118th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −1.7 pts124th of 138
- Trade opennessdown −3.5 pts124th of 138
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- Current accountdown −2.5 pts160th of 191
- FDI inflowsup +0.3 pts91st of 192
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- High-tech exportsup +26.1 pts13th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.0 pts123rd of 127
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)up +2.3 pts29th of 131
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)up +3.2 pts115th of 131
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.2 pts127th of 130
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- Net barter terms of trade indexup +0.9 pts95th of 203
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- Tariffsdown −0.7 pts27th of 143
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- FDI outflowsup +0.2 pts94th of 170
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +5.5 %65th of 138