Benin's imports of goods and services (current LCU) was 2.87 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 32.99% from 2.16 trillion in 2015 (2.89% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.87 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.25 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.16 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.94 trillion | 2023 |
| Lowest | 5.51 billion | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.65 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 6.72 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Benin's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 1% on 2024 (from 2.84 trillion to 2.87 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +8.4% and a typical year strayed about 14.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 51% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 23.2% 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 52.91 billion a year. A straight line explains 38% 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 49th highest value of the 137 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
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. 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 | Imports of goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,868,400,000,000 |
| 2024 | 2,839,600,000,000 |
| 2023 | 2,943,100,000,000 |
| 2022 | 2,558,000,000,000 |
| 2021 | 2,661,963,913,500 |
| 2020 | 2,248,667,801,300 |
| 2019 | 2,871,248,165,800 |
| 2018 | 2,734,752,158,100 |
| 2017 | 2,527,589,976,800 |
| 2016 | 2,198,251,000,000 |
Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 15.08 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 100.94 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 4.83 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 159.59 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 6.96 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 598.83 billion (2025)
- Chad — 2.09 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 250.17 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 107.01 trillion (2025)
- Congo, 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$14.33 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 8.34 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Benin's imports of goods and services (current LCU)?
- 2.87 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 42,606% from 6.72 billion in 1960 (9.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.94 trillion in 2023 and the lowest 5.51 billion in 1961.
- How does Benin rank?
- 49th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Benin?
- In 2025, Benin's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 1% on 2024 (from 2.84 trillion to 2.87 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +8.4% and a typical year strayed about 14.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 NE.IMP.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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