Benin's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) was 54.43% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 17.65 percentage points from 36.78% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 54.43% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 32.28% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 36.78% | 2013 |
| Highest | 68.48% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 8.87% | 1974 |
| Average since 2014 | 41.48% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 8.87% | 1974 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Benin's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 10.85 percentage points on 2022 (from 43.58% to 54.43%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18.63 percentage points in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.77 percentage points in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.72 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% 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 2023, Benin had the 10th highest value of the 10 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Benin | 54.43% | 2023 |
| World | 19.75% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.15% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 15.98% | 2025 |
Closest to Benin in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 50 values
| Year | Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 54.43 |
| 2022 | 43.58 |
| 2021 | 47.65 |
| 2020 | 39.16 |
| 2019 | 45.35 |
| 2018 | 32.28 |
| 2017 | 45.01 |
| 2016 | 34.85 |
| 2015 | 40.96 |
| 2014 | 31.58 |
| 2013 |
Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 13.7% (2025)
- Botswana — 55.17% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 20.08% (2024)
- Burundi — 2.18% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 78.29% (2025)
- Cameroon — 12.51% (2024)
- Comoros — 72.9% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 51.49% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 3.14% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 38.91% (2024)
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 travel services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 54.43% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1974?
- It is up 45.56 percentage points from 8.87% in 1974. The highest value was 68.48% in 2007 and the lowest 8.87% in 1974.
- How does Benin rank?
- 10th highest of 10 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Benin?
- In 2023, Benin's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 10.85 percentage points on 2022 (from 43.58% to 54.43%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.TRVL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, 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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