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 266.603 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 345.985 USD mn for 2021. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 2.800 USD mn from Dec 1970 to 2022, with 53 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 405.737 USD mn in 2014 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 266.603 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
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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 1.532 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.956 % for 2021. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Inflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.279 % from Dec 1970 to 2022, with 53 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 Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and Balance of Payments databases, World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.;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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.532 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
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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 27.700 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 42.902 USD mn for 2021. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2022, with 49 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27.700 2022 | yearly | 1974 - 2022 |
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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 0.243 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.138 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net Outflows: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0.243 2021 | yearly | 1974 - 2021 |
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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 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: Net
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Net data was reported at -470.167 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of -95.453 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Net data is updated yearly, averaging -78.732 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 963.617 USD mn in 2006 and a record low of -617.900 USD mn in 2014. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Net 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. The net financial account shows net acquisition and disposal of financial assets and liabilities. It measures how net lending to or borrowing from nonresidents is financed, and is conceptually equal to the sum of the balances on the current and capital accounts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| -470.167 2021 | yearly | 1974 - 2021 |
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BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows
BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data was reported at 0.700 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.328 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Equity: Net Inflows data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 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 510.490 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 587.700 USD mn for 2021. BJ: BOP: Grants: Excluding Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 110.060 USD mn from Dec 1960 to 2022, with 63 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 defined as legally binding commitments that obligate a specific value of funds available for disbursement for which there is no repayment requirement. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 510.490 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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BJ: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation
BJ: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data was reported at 92.990 USD mn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 78.140 USD mn for 2021. BJ: BOP: Grants: Technical Cooperation data is updated yearly, averaging 51.930 USD mn from Dec 1960 to 2022, with 63 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.;World Bank, International Debt Statistics, and OECD.;Sum;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 92.990 2022 | yearly | 1960 - 2022 |
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BJ: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions
BJ: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data was reported at 5.135 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.511 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions data is updated yearly, averaging 9.364 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 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. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 5.135 2021 | yearly | 1974 - 2021 |
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BJ: BOP: Reserves and Related Items
BJ: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data was reported at -286.097 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14.586 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Reserves and Related Items data is updated yearly, averaging -66.911 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 444.308 USD mn in 2017 and a record low of -1.117 USD bn in 2006. 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 those external assets that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, and include holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other reserve assets. Also included are net credit and loans from the IMF (excluding reserve position) and total exceptional financing. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. In BPM6, the headings of the financial account have been changed from credits and debits to net acquisition of financial assets and net incurrence of liabilities; i.e., all changes due to credit and debit entries are recorded on a net basis separately for financial assets and liabilities. Financial account balances are calculated as the change in assets minus the change in liabilities; signs are reversed from previous editions.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 14.586 2020 | yearly | 1974 - 2020 |