Trade as a share of GDP in Benin
Trade in goods and services was equal to 37.1% of GDP in Benin in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1969.
Benin, 2025
37.1%
Change from 2024
−3.5percentage points
World, 2025
68.5%
Trade as a share of GDP in Benin over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Benin | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.1% | 68.5% |
| 2024 | 40.6% | 56.7% |
| 2023 | 44.7% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 44.4% | 62.1% |
| 2021 | 48.1% | 56.5% |
| 2020 | 44.8% | 51.9% |
| 2019 | 63.7% | 55.8% |
| 2018 | 61.8% | 57.0% |
| 2017 | 61.5% | 55.5% |
| 2016 | 59.0% | 53.8% |
| 2015 | 56.8% | 55.6% |
| 2014 | 65.3% | 58.0% |
| 2013 | 59.2% | 58.6% |
| 2012 | 50.7% | 59.3% |
| 2011 | 47.2% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | 51.4% | 56.2% |
| 2009 | 44.7% | 51.9% |
| 2008 | 47.8% | 60.3% |
| 2007 | 49.1% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | 39.8% | 58.4% |
| 2005 | 39.1% | 56.2% |
| 2004 | 39.9% | 54.2% |
| 2003 | 41.6% | 50.7% |
| 2002 | 43.8% | 49.0% |
| 2001 | 48.3% | 49.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.5 percentage points from 40.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 56.8%, the figure has changed by −19.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.