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Benin: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

-1.61Bcurrent USD · 2023-138.9% since 2013

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. 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. Annual figures for Benin from 1974 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2023-1,608,543,370.684
2022-991,004,622.505
2021-734,659,106.551
2020-273,966,712.893
2019-575,592,817.83
2018-648,824,804.895
2017-531,029,511.357
2016-354,241,236.026
2015-679,200,532.348
2014-885,799,913.311
2013-673,366,862.291
2012-576,935,937.945
2011-516,838,833.489
2010-530,854,983.685
2009-651,546,427.809
2008-538,190,532.962
2007-534,763,829.04
2006-217,198,381.153
2005-226,174,696.217
2004-289,010,635.811
2003-331,950,912.889
2002-156,932,556.339
2001-74,992,412.6
2000-80,783,378.75
1999-155,633,708.764
1998-132,511,170.184
1997-153,955,311.442
1996-40,955,332.748
1995-166,966,769.152
199410,551,783.956
1993-58,751,760.312
1992-72,712,868.118
1991-216,384,278.775
1990-18,141,163.377
1989-13,422,534.796
1988-105,492,992.789
1987-34,289,873.346
1986-52,843,453.756
1985-38,952,687.963
1984-57,072,020.986
1983-134,792,910.268
1982-377,165,677.713
1981-93,365,958.095
1980-35,722,305.01
1979-51,851,799.276
1978-90,332,242.995
1977-56,663,211.332
1976-64,816,773.23
1975-53,379,894.452
1974-29,272,386.236

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