Benin Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data was reported at 433.851 USD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 375.989 USD mn for 2022. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 2.963 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2023, with 54 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 433.851 USD mn in 2023 and a record low of -40.775 USD mn in 2004. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 48.956 2023 | yearly | 1970 - 2023 |
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BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data was reported at 2.528 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.252 % for 2023. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.537 % from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2024, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.054 % in 2014 and a record low of -1.337 % in 1988. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment are the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP.;International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, International Monetary Fund (IMF); International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB); World Bank GDP estimates, World Bank (WB); OECD GDP estimates, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 2.528 2024 | yearly | 1970 - 2024 |
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BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data was reported at 48.956 USD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 46.570 USD mn for 2022. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2023, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.728 USD mn in 2011 and a record low of -141.400 USD mn in 2010. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 48.956 2023 | yearly | 1974 - 2023 |
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BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data was reported at 0.249 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.268 % for 2022. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2023, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.559 % in 2011 and a record low of -6.060 % in 1991. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in an economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. This series shows net outflows of investment from the reporting economy to the rest of the world, and is divided by GDP.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and official national sources.;Weighted average;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.249 2023 | yearly | 1974 - 2023 |
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Benin BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data was reported at 27.086 USD mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.239 USD mn for 2016. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 2.804 USD mn from Dec 1970 (Median) to 2017, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 143.570 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of -0.754 USD mn in 2000. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Primary income on foreign direct investment covers payments of direct investment income (debit side), which consist of income on equity (dividends, branch profits, and reinvested earnings) and income on the intercompany debt (interest). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook.; Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 27.086 2017 | yearly | 1970 - 2017 |
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BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 0.519 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.700 USD mn for 2021. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2022, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.075 USD mn in 2015 and a record low of -8.179 USD mn in 2019. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Portfolio equity includes net inflows from equity securities other than those recorded as direct investment and including shares, stocks, depository receipts (American or global), and direct purchases of shares in local stock markets by foreign investors. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, and World Bank, International Debt Statistics.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.700 2021 | yearly | 1974 - 2021 |
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BJ: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation
BJ: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data was reported at 570.536 USD mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 514.733 USD mn for 2022. BJ: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 134.040 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.359 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 1960. BJ: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Grants are transfers made in cash, goods or services for which no repayment is required. For ODA reporting purposes, they also include forgiveness of non-military debt, support to non-governmental organisations, certain interest subsidies, and certain costs incurred in the implementation of aid. Grants to multilateral agencies intended to soften the terms of the latter’s lending are a direct resource outflow and should also be recorded as ODA grants. For OOF reporting purposes, grants for commercial purposes such as subsidies to national private investors, and grants to forgive military debt, are also included. Grant-like flows are assimilated to grants. They comprise a) loans for which the service payments are to be made into an account in the borrowing country and used in the borrowing country for its own benefit, and b) provision of commodities for sale in the recipient’s currency the proceeds of which are used in the recipient country for its own benefit. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;DAC2A: Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: DSD_DAC2@DF_DAC2A, note: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows, Development Co-operation Report, and OECD Data Explorer database. Data are available online at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/., publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 570.536 2023 | yearly | 1960 - 2023 |
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BJ: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
BJ: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 92.816 USD mn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 92.986 USD mn for 2022. BJ: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 57.560 USD mn from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 109.730 USD mn in 2006 and a record low of 0.020 USD mn in 1960. BJ: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Technical cooperation grants include free-standing technical cooperation grants, which are intended to finance the transfer of technical and managerial skills or of technology for the purpose of building up general national capacity without reference to any specific investment projects; and investment-related technical cooperation grants, which are provided to strengthen the capacity to execute specific investment projects. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;DAC2A: Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: DSD_DAC2@DF_DAC2A, note: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows, Development Co-operation Report, and OECD Data Explorer database. Data are available online at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 92.816 2023 | yearly | 1960 - 2023 |
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BJ: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
BJ: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 3.825 USD mn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.312 USD mn for 2022. BJ: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 8.338 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2023, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 182.800 USD mn in 2003 and a record low of -52.488 USD mn in 1987. BJ: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Net errors and omissions constitute a residual category needed to ensure that accounts in the balance of payments statement sum to zero. Net errors and omissions are derived as the balance on the financial account minus the balances on the current and capital accounts. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.;Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF);;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 3.825 2023 | yearly | 1974 - 2023 |
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BJ: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
BJ: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -1.219 USD bn in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of -585.601 USD mn for 2022. BJ: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -86.702 USD mn from Dec 1974 (Median) to 2023, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 444.308 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of -1.219 USD bn in 2023. BJ: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Benin – Table BJ.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Capital and Financial Account. Reserves and related items is the net change in a country's holdings of international reserves resulting from transactions on the current, capital, and financial accounts. Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency.Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.;Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF);;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -1,218.710 2023 | yearly | 1974 - 2023 |