Benin's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) was 1.36 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 153.1% from 537.41 billion in 2015 (9.73% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.36 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 784.03 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 537.41 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.36 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 422.92 billion | 2001 |
| Average since 2016 | 900.53 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 541.61 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Benin's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 9.9% on 2024 (from 1.24 trillion to 1.36 trillion).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2024), the average change was +3.9% and a typical year strayed about 9.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 20.9% in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.4% in 2001. 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 89.39 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Benin had the 36th highest value of the 150 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
- Burundi — 33rd of 150: 1.63 trillion
- Serbia — 34th of 150: 1.52 trillion
- Burkina Faso — 35th of 150: 1.36 trillion
- Bangladesh — 37th of 150: 1.33 trillion
- Kenya — 38th of 150: 1.31 trillion
- Rwanda — 39th of 150: 1.25 trillion
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. 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 27 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,360,200,000,000 |
| 2024 | 1,238,100,000,000 |
| 2023 | 1,142,600,000,000 |
| 2022 | 997,800,000,000 |
| 2021 | 894,514,193,200 |
| 2020 | 784,031,705,100 |
| 2019 | 740,757,414,200 |
| 2018 | 672,830,895,600 |
| 2017 | 590,202,540,000 |
| 2016 | 584,313,000,000 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 15.36 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.36 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 1.63 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.82 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 2.44 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 209.12 billion (2025)
- Chad — 380.05 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 41.67 billion (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 taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU)?
- 1.36 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 151.14% from 541.61 billion in 1999 (3.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.36 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 422.92 billion in 2001.
- How does Benin rank?
- 36th highest of 150 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) unusual for Benin?
- In 2025, Benin's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) rose 9.9% on 2024 (from 1.24 trillion to 1.36 trillion). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2024), the average change was +3.9% and a typical year strayed about 9.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 NY.TAX.NIND.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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