Investment share of GDP in Benin

Investment in Benin was equal to 35.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Benin, 2025 35.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.8percentage points 2024: 35.1%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Benin (2025).

Investment share of GDP in Benin over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period BeninWorld
2025 35.8% –
2024 35.1% 26.3%
2023 34.5% 26.7%
2022 31.1% 27.5%
2021 28.9% 27.2%
2020 25.6% 26.5%
2019 25.6% 26.6%
2018 26.4% 26.7%
2017 24.0% 26.1%
2016 20.3% 25.7%
2015 20.7% 25.9%
2014 19.3% 25.9%
2013 18.9% 25.6%
2012 15.3% 25.5%
2011 16.5% 25.3%
2010 15.6% 24.6%
2009 14.9% 23.4%
2008 13.7% 25.5%
2007 16.4% 25.5%
2006 12.9% 25.0%
2005 12.1% 24.5%
2004 15.2% 24.1%
2003 15.2% 23.4%
2002 14.8% 23.3%
2001 17.8% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 35.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 20.7%, the figure has changed by +15.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Benin
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices