Benin's gross national expenditure (current LCU) was 14.73 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 103.82% from 7.23 trillion in 2015 (7.38% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14.73 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 9.47 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 7.23 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 14.73 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 58.79 billion | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 10.41 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 58.79 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Benin's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 9.8% on 2024 (from 13.41 trillion to 14.73 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +9.6% and a typical year strayed about 10.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 60.7% in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.5% in 1989. 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 810.22 billion a year. A straight line explains 97% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 15.87 trillion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.88 trillion, against 2.39 trillion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Benin had the 41st highest value of the 130 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
- Ethiopia — 38th of 130: 16.13 trillion
- Venezuela, RB — 39th of 130: 15.7 trillion
- Burkina Faso — 40th of 130: 15.28 trillion
- Niger — 42nd of 130: 12.9 trillion
- Brazil — 43rd of 130: 12.69 trillion
- Armenia — 44th of 130: 11.94 trillion
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. 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 66 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,726,500,000,000 |
| 2024 | 13,411,400,000,000 |
| 2023 | 12,490,500,000,000 |
| 2022 | 11,153,100,000,000 |
| 2021 | 10,419,587,004,200 |
| 2020 | 9,467,204,995,600 |
| 2019 | 8,804,976,282,100 |
| 2018 | 8,496,090,558,300 |
| 2017 | 7,896,397,344,800 |
| 2016 | 7,269,562,000,000 |
Gross national expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 91.62 trillion (2024)
- Botswana — 286.34 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 15.28 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 333.16 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 36.46 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 2.04 trillion (2025)
- Chad — 10.91 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 968.52 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 244.48 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 9.06 trillion (2025)
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 gross national expenditure (current LCU)?
- 14.73 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 24,951% from 58.79 billion in 1960 (8.87% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 14.73 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 58.79 billion in 1960.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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