Benin's broad money (current LCU) was 4.23 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 102.71% from 2.09 trillion in 2015 (7.32% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.23 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.75 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.09 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 4.23 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 5.85 billion | 1962 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.99 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 5.85 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Benin's broad money (current LCU) rose 15.4% on 2024 (from 3.66 trillion to 4.23 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.9% and a typical year strayed about 11.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 72.7% in 1975 and the biggest yearly fall was 12% in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 251.02 billion a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Benin had the 34th highest value of the 85 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Benin in the 2025 ranking
- South Africa — 30th of 85: 5.87 trillion
- Mali — 31st of 85: 5.39 trillion
- South Sudan — 32nd of 85: 4.61 trillion
- Ukraine — 34th of 85: 4.02 trillion
- Australia — 35th of 85: 3.7 trillion
- Dominican Republic — 36th of 85: 3.26 trillion
What this measures
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 64 values
| Year | Broad money (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,228,835,409,316 |
| 2024 | 3,663,585,378,765 |
| 2023 | 3,612,514,206,572 |
| 2022 | 3,628,256,866,555 |
| 2021 | 3,210,532,457,390 |
| 2020 | 2,751,889,335,621 |
| 2019 | 2,345,988,934,659 |
| 2018 | 2,212,956,451,246 |
| 2017 | 2,111,622,097,457 |
| 2016 | 2,089,806,841,192 |
Broad money (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 17.82 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 115.36 billion (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 6.96 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 8.01 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 281.73 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 4.75 trillion (2018)
- Central African Republic — 488.93 billion (2022)
- Chad — 1.5 trillion (2021)
- Comoros — 285.91 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 42.99 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 2.64 trillion (2023)
More financial sector data for Benin
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 19.76% (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 19.78% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 19.78% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 116.78 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$581.93 (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$581.93 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 1.55% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 3.35 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 2.24 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Benin's broad money (current LCU)?
- 4.23 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1962?
- It is up 72,188% from 5.85 billion in 1962 (11.02% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.23 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 5.85 billion in 1962.
- How does Benin rank?
- 34th highest of 85 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in broad money (current LCU) unusual for Benin?
- In 2025, Benin's broad money (current LCU) rose 15.4% on 2024 (from 3.66 trillion to 4.23 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.9% and a typical year strayed about 11.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.LBL.BMNY.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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