Benin: GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Benin's GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) rose 214.89 on 2024 (from 3,901 to 4,116).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +56.2 and a typical year strayed about 55.92 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 214.89 in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 40.37 in 2005. 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 123 a year. A straight line explains 98% 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 156th highest value of the 185 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

• Papua New Guinea — 152nd of 185: 4,456
• West Bank and Gaza — 153rd of 185: 4,272
• Guinea — 154th of 185: 4,217
• Timor-Leste — 156th of 185: 4,110
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 157th of 185: 3,935
• Vanuatu — 158th of 185: 3,867

What this measures

This indicator provides values for gross domestic product (GDP) per person expressed in constant international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2021. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of GDP and its expenditure components.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 36 values

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) in nearby economies

• Angola — 8,760 (2025)
• Botswana — 17,687 (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 2,625 (2025)
• Burundi — 1,067 (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 10,396 (2025)
• Cameroon — 4,946 (2025)
• Central African Republic — 1,123 (2025)
• Chad — 2,481 (2025)
• Comoros — 3,622 (2025)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More economic policy & debt data for Benin

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.18 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.27 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.01 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 1.19 trillion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 8.87% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$14.33 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 8.34 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Benin's GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)?

4,116 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 86.5% from 2,207 in 1990 (1.8% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4,116 in 2025 and the lowest 2,207 in 1990.

How does Benin rank?

156th highest of 185 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) unusual for Benin?

In 2025, Benin's GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) rose 214.89 on 2024 (from 3,901 to 4,116). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +56.2 and a typical year strayed about 55.92 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, note: This information is for ICP’s PPPs utilized in WDI, publisher: International Comparison Program (ICP), date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Progr… 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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