Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Benin
Benin: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.073 million SLC per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Benin, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
Benin recorded 0.073 million SLC per person for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Benin peaked at 0.0796 million SLC per person in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0129 million SLC per person, in 1980.
That places Benin 38th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Benin, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0158 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0164 million SLC per person | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0168 million SLC per person | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0166 million SLC per person | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0202 million SLC per person | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 0.018 million SLC per person | -10.7% |
| 1976 | 0.016 million SLC per person | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0147 million SLC per person | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0132 million SLC per person | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0139 million SLC per person | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0129 million SLC per person | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0134 million SLC per person | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0674 million SLC per person | +403.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0582 million SLC per person | -13.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0529 million SLC per person | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0575 million SLC per person | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0535 million SLC per person | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0548 million SLC per person | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0631 million SLC per person | +15.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0636 million SLC per person | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0662 million SLC per person | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0669 million SLC per person | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0776 million SLC per person | +15.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0695 million SLC per person | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0724 million SLC per person | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0726 million SLC per person | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0796 million SLC per person | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0775 million SLC per person | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.074 million SLC per person | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0685 million SLC per person | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0735 million SLC per person | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0778 million SLC per person | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0775 million SLC per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0759 million SLC per person | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0737 million SLC per person | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0761 million SLC per person | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.076 million SLC per person | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0708 million SLC per person | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0601 million SLC per person | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0588 million SLC per person | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0568 million SLC per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0554 million SLC per person | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0539 million SLC per person | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0547 million SLC per person | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0577 million SLC per person | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0595 million SLC per person | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0615 million SLC per person | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0594 million SLC per person | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0599 million SLC per person | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0649 million SLC per person | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0653 million SLC per person | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0668 million SLC per person | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0699 million SLC per person | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.073 million SLC per person | +4.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.073 million SLC per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0126 million SLC per person, 5.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.073 million SLC per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0338 million SLC per person, 2.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +403.7% | 0.0134 million SLC per person | 0.0674 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0161 million SLC per person | 0.0132 million SLC per person | 0.0202 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0497 million SLC per person | 0.0129 million SLC per person | 0.0674 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0725 million SLC per person | 0.0662 million SLC per person | 0.0796 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.072 million SLC per person | 0.0588 million SLC per person | 0.0778 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0584 million SLC per person | 0.0539 million SLC per person | 0.0649 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0688 million SLC per person | 0.0653 million SLC per person | 0.073 million SLC per person | 4 |
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 value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Benin?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Benin was 0.073 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0796 million SLC per person in 1996.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0129 million SLC per person in 1980.
- How does Benin rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Benin ranks 38th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — 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
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.