Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita in Benin
Benin: Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita was 0.9007 million SLC per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita in Benin, 1970–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.9007 million SLC per person for gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita in Benin peaked at 0.9007 million SLC per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.029 million SLC per person, in 1970.
That places Benin 46th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita in Benin, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.029 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.03 million SLC per person | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0331 million SLC per person | +10.2% |
| 1973 | 0.035 million SLC per person | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0396 million SLC per person | +13.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0419 million SLC per person | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0486 million SLC per person | +15.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0533 million SLC per person | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0579 million SLC per person | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0647 million SLC per person | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0799 million SLC per person | +23.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0945 million SLC per person | +18.3% |
| 1982 | 0.1083 million SLC per person | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1054 million SLC per person | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1126 million SLC per person | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 0.1118 million SLC per person | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.1069 million SLC per person | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1053 million SLC per person | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1049 million SLC per person | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.1011 million SLC per person | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1027 million SLC per person | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.1046 million SLC per person | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.1076 million SLC per person | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.1115 million SLC per person | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.148 million SLC per person | +32.7% |
| 1995 | 0.188 million SLC per person | +27.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2208 million SLC per person | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2541 million SLC per person | +15.1% |
| 1998 | 0.2914 million SLC per person | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 0.3232 million SLC per person | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3462 million SLC per person | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.3606 million SLC per person | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.3791 million SLC per person | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.392 million SLC per person | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.4001 million SLC per person | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.411 million SLC per person | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4227 million SLC per person | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 0.4367 million SLC per person | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.473 million SLC per person | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4816 million SLC per person | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.4816 million SLC per person | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4992 million SLC per person | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5471 million SLC per person | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5773 million SLC per person | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5947 million SLC per person | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5926 million SLC per person | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5988 million SLC per person | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6126 million SLC per person | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6397 million SLC per person | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6626 million SLC per person | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.6893 million SLC per person | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7313 million SLC per person | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7889 million SLC per person | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 0.8458 million SLC per person | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9007 million SLC per person | +6.5% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.9007 million SLC per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2834 million SLC per person, 3.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.9007 million SLC per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5688 million SLC per person, 1.6× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +32.7% | 0.1115 million SLC per person | 0.148 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0433 million SLC per person | 0.029 million SLC per person | 0.0647 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1031 million SLC per person | 0.0799 million SLC per person | 0.1126 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1852 million SLC per person | 0.1027 million SLC per person | 0.3232 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4103 million SLC per person | 0.3462 million SLC per person | 0.4816 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5806 million SLC per person | 0.4816 million SLC per person | 0.6626 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7912 million SLC per person | 0.6893 million SLC per person | 0.9007 million SLC per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More economy & growth data for Benin
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.42 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 6.03 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 60.28 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 4.17 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 543.01 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 22.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0253 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 37.55 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 12.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita in Benin?
- Gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita in Benin was 0.9007 million SLC per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9007 million SLC per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.029 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does Benin rank for gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita?
- Benin ranks 46th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value standard local currency, per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.