Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Benin
Benin: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0851 million SLC per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Benin, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Benin is 0.0851 million SLC per person, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Benin peaked at 0.0851 million SLC per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0022 million SLC per person, in 1971.
Benin ranks 43rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Benin, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0023 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0022 million SLC per person | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0026 million SLC per person | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0028 million SLC per person | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0037 million SLC per person | +33.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0038 million SLC per person | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0036 million SLC per person | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0039 million SLC per person | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0039 million SLC per person | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0051 million SLC per person | +29.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0053 million SLC per person | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 0.007 million SLC per person | +32.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0085 million SLC per person | +20.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0084 million SLC per person | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.01 million SLC per person | +19.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0097 million SLC per person | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 0.007 million SLC per person | -27.8% |
| 1987 | 0.007 million SLC per person | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0074 million SLC per person | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0076 million SLC per person | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0076 million SLC per person | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0075 million SLC per person | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0085 million SLC per person | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0083 million SLC per person | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.033 million SLC per person | +299.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0389 million SLC per person | +17.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0433 million SLC per person | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0454 million SLC per person | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0443 million SLC per person | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0426 million SLC per person | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0484 million SLC per person | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0564 million SLC per person | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0593 million SLC per person | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0617 million SLC per person | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0592 million SLC per person | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0644 million SLC per person | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0653 million SLC per person | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.06 million SLC per person | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0579 million SLC per person | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0589 million SLC per person | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0565 million SLC per person | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0586 million SLC per person | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0586 million SLC per person | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0631 million SLC per person | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0618 million SLC per person | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0595 million SLC per person | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0595 million SLC per person | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0589 million SLC per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0586 million SLC per person | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0654 million SLC per person | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0668 million SLC per person | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0693 million SLC per person | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0775 million SLC per person | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0851 million SLC per person | +9.8% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.0851 million SLC per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0213 million SLC per person, 4.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.0851 million SLC per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0572 million SLC per person, 1.5× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +299.0% | 0.0083 million SLC per person | 0.033 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0034 million SLC per person | 0.0022 million SLC per person | 0.0051 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0078 million SLC per person | 0.0053 million SLC per person | 0.01 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0279 million SLC per person | 0.0075 million SLC per person | 0.0454 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0592 million SLC per person | 0.0484 million SLC per person | 0.0653 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.06 million SLC per person | 0.0565 million SLC per person | 0.0654 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0747 million SLC per person | 0.0668 million SLC per person | 0.0851 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 0.0851 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 0.0851 million SLC per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0022 million SLC per person in 1971.
- How does Benin rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Benin ranks 43rd 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 35.0%. 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 Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 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 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 ÷ 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 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.