Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency in Benin
Benin: Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency was 40.71 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency in Benin, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Benin recorded 40.71 % for gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 88.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in Benin peaked at 40.71 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.72 %, in 1989.
Benin ranks 5th of 202 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency in Benin, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 15.43 % | — |
| 1971 | 14.68 % | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 18.81 % | +28.2% |
| 1973 | 16.47 % | -12.4% |
| 1974 | 20.34 % | +23.5% |
| 1975 | 21.22 % | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 17.19 % | -19.0% |
| 1977 | 15.91 % | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 14.47 % | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 21.05 % | +45.5% |
| 1980 | 20.61 % | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 18.38 % | -10.8% |
| 1982 | 25.44 % | +38.4% |
| 1983 | 15.64 % | -38.5% |
| 1984 | 11.74 % | -24.9% |
| 1985 | 12.61 % | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 13.94 % | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 13.4 % | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 13.87 % | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 11.72 % | -15.5% |
| 1990 | 12.62 % | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 12.96 % | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 13.42 % | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 13.88 % | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 25.39 % | +82.9% |
| 1995 | 25.83 % | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 22.39 % | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 22.1 % | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 20.71 % | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 20.06 % | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 18.73 % | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 19.06 % | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 16.91 % | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 17.54 % | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 16.09 % | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 15.04 % | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 14.16 % | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 17.06 % | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 15.84 % | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 16.57 % | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 17.65 % | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 18.23 % | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 16.2 % | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 20.71 % | +27.8% |
| 2014 | 21.64 % | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 20.5 % | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 19.72 % | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 23.44 % | +18.8% |
| 2018 | 25.9 % | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 25.17 % | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 25.21 % | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 28.45 % | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 36.13 % | +27.0% |
| 2023 | 40.07 % | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 40.71 % | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17.56 % | 14.47 % | 21.22 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.74 % | 11.72 % | 25.44 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.94 % | 12.62 % | 25.83 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.7 % | 14.16 % | 19.06 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.92 % | 16.2 % | 25.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.11 % | 25.21 % | 40.71 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 2 Bhutan 45.6 % compare
- 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.06 % compare
- 3 Cabo Verde 18.24 % compare
- 3 Grenada 44.2 % compare
- 3 Türkiye 31 % compare
- 4 China, mainland 40.83 % compare
- 4 Viet Nam 29.44 % compare
- 5 Micronesia (Federated States of) 28.71 % compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26.74 % compare
- 6 Suriname 40.7 % compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.77 % compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 39.77 % compare
- 8 Dominica 39.75 % compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 21.45 % compare
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)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 10.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.2429 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 402.88 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 5.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2006 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 332.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 116.76 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in Benin?
- Gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency in Benin was 40.71 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 40.71 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.72 % in 1989.
- How does Benin rank for gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency?
- Benin ranks 5th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp standard local currency rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).