Benin Balance of Payments: Current Account

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data was reported at -4.154 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of -1.746 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging -4.751 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.660 % in 1994 and a record low of -29.750 % in 1982. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % 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: Current Account. Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.;;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
-4.154 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services data was reported at 4.154 USD bn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.506 USD bn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services data is updated yearly, averaging 548.339 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.154 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of 115.000 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services 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: Current Account. Exports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, net exports of goods under merchanting, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Gap-filled total;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
3,506.194 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods and Services

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 4.457 USD bn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.718 USD bn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 582.764 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.457 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of 119.071 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and 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: Current Account. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Gap-filled total;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
4,456.768 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data was reported at 511.584 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 510.372 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data is updated yearly, averaging 146.898 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 528.457 USD mn in 2019 and a record low of 22.015 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service 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: Current Account. Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Gap-filled total;Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others (goods for processing in BPM5) and maintenance and repair services n.i.e. are reclassified from goods to services.

Last Frequency Range
511.584 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports data was reported at 10.656 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 17.517 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 26.985 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.129 % in 1976 and a record low of 5.690 % in 2018. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports 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: Current Account. Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; and maintenance and repair services and government services not included elsewhere.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;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
17.517 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Exports

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service Exports

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service Exports data was reported at 36.087 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 33.367 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 29.795 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 65.901 % in 1974 and a record low of 3.735 % in 2008. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service Exports 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: Current Account. Transport covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, pipeline, space and electricity transmission) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. Excluded are freight insurance (included in insurance services); goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers (included in goods); maintenance and repairs on transport equipment (included in maintenance and repair services n.i.e.); and repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities (included in construction).;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;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
33.367 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Transport: % of Service Exports

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data was reported at 47.649 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 39.157 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 40.226 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 68.480 % in 2007 and a record low of 8.870 % in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports 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: Current Account. Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;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
39.157 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods data was reported at 3.994 USD bn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.152 USD bn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods data is updated yearly, averaging 574.632 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.994 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of 148.265 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods 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: Current Account. Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Gap-filled total;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
3,994.489 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services data was reported at 4.925 USD bn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.942 USD bn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services data is updated yearly, averaging 756.615 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.925 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of 188.900 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services 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: Current Account. Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Gap-filled total;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
4,925.419 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 5.418 USD bn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.276 USD bn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 804.829 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.418 USD bn in 2021 and a record low of 190.686 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and 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: Current Account. Imports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods imports, service imports and primary income payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Gap-filled total;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
5,417.802 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports data was reported at 26.368 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 36.625 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 21.535 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 52.455 % in 1989 and a record low of 11.630 % in 2003. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports 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: Current Account. Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; and maintenance and repair services and government services not included elsewhere.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;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
36.625 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports data was reported at 2.117 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.504 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 8.153 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.584 % in 1982 and a record low of 1.504 % in 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports 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: Current Account. Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;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
2.117 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service Imports

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service Imports data was reported at 63.195 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 52.139 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 60.908 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.907 % in 2017 and a record low of 33.692 % in 1989. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service Imports 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: Current Account. Transport covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, pipeline, space and electricity transmission) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. Excluded are freight insurance (included in insurance services); goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers (included in goods); maintenance and repairs on transport equipment (included in maintenance and repair services n.i.e.); and repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities (included in construction).;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;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
52.139 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Transport: % of Service Imports

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports data was reported at 8.320 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.732 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 8.957 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.502 % in 1996 and a record low of 4.047 % in 2018. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports 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: Current Account. Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Weighted average;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
9.732 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Travel: % of Service Imports

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services data was reported at -771.728 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of -435.724 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services data is updated yearly, averaging -248.923 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -73.900 USD mn in 1974 and a record low of -1.119 USD bn in 2014. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services 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: Current Account. Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. 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
-435.724 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods and Services

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid data was reported at 100.184 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 92.063 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid data is updated yearly, averaging 21.877 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 144.363 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 1.209 USD mn in 1977. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid 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: Current Account. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Last Frequency Range
100.184 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Paid

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received data was reported at 208.825 USD mn in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 230.914 USD mn for 2021. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received data is updated yearly, averaging 89.482 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2022, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 304.659 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 7.382 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received 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: Current Account. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data.;Sum;Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Last Frequency Range
230.914 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP

1974 - 2022 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data was reported at 1.328 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.306 % for 2021. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 2.782 % from Dec 1974 to 2022, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.040 % in 1992 and a record low of 1.020 % in 2004. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % 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: Current Account. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.;World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, 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
1.328 2022 yearly 1974 - 2022

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts data was reported at 209.209 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 189.052 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 82.266 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 284.301 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 7.308 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts 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: Current Account. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Sum;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
209.209 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments data was reported at 492.382 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 333.648 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments data is updated yearly, averaging 43.827 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 492.382 USD mn in 2021 and a record low of 1.786 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments 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: Current Account. Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Sum;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
492.382 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts data was reported at 303.077 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 212.285 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 23.691 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 303.077 USD mn in 2021 and a record low of 2.888 USD mn in 1986. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts 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: Current Account. Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Sum;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
303.077 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net data was reported at 226.374 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 283.120 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net data is updated yearly, averaging 136.195 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 293.871 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 42.342 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: 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: Current Account. Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. 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
283.120 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments

1974 - 2020 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments data was reported at 105.504 USD mn in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 99.380 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments data is updated yearly, averaging 23.204 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 136.596 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 1.812 USD mn in 1976. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments 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: Current Account. Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Sum;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
99.380 2020 yearly 1974 - 2020

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | USD mn | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts data was reported at 332.992 USD mn in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 411.363 USD mn for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 154.553 USD mn from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 437.620 USD mn in 2014 and a record low of 46.904 USD mn in 1974. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts 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: Current Account. Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.;Sum;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
332.992 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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Benin BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP

1974 - 2021 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BJ: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP data was reported at 8.156 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.289 % for 2020. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 11.476 % from Dec 1974 to 2021, with 48 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.505 % in 1995 and a record low of 7.235 % in 2005. BJ: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % 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: Current Account. Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.;International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.;Weighted average;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
8.156 2021 yearly 1974 - 2021

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BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Income
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports
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BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Personal Transfers: Receipts
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Net
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Receipts
BJ: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP
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