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Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 9.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 10.04 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.13 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1961	3.56
1963	3.02
1964	3.24
1965	3.81
1966	2.60
1967	1.32
1968	3.06
1969	3.27
1970	2.24
1971	2.79
1972	1.93
1973	2.31
1974	3.65
1975	3.98
1976	4.29
1977	3.30
1978	0.82
1979	4.54
1980	1.12
1981	2.05
1982	0.91
1983	0.13
1984	0.18
1985	0.27
1986	0.74
1987	0.34
1988	0.41
1989	1.49
1990	3.12
1991	1.81
1992	1.66
1993	1.87
1994	2.44
1995	8.80
1996	1.44
1997	1.39
1998	1.37
1999	1.83
2000	5.37
2001	2.48
2002	4.48
2003	2.95
2004	3.88
2005	3.73
2006	4.17
2007	3.96
2008	3.47
2009	3.68
2010	4.30
2011	3.04
2012	3.67
2013	2.98
2014	5.23
2015	4.32
2016	6.44
2017	5.45
2018	5.30
2019	10.04
2020	9.37

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Benin was 3,263,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,375,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 25,000,000 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	31,000,000
1961	25,000,000
1962	27,000,000
1963	33,000,000
1964	31,000,000
1965	34,000,000
1966	33,000,000
1967	48,000,000
1968	50,000,000
1969	55,000,000
1970	64,000,000
1971	77,000,000
1972	92,000,000
1973	112,000,000
1974	147,000,000
1975	188,000,000
1976	219,000,000
1977	268,000,000
1978	311,000,000
1979	320,000,000
1980	331,000,000
1981	543,000,000
1982	464,000,000
1983	318,000,000
1984	288,000,000
1985	331,000,000
1986	387,000,000
1987	349,000,000
1988	568,000,000
1989	421,000,000
1990	265,000,000
1991	241,000,000
1992	578,000,000
1993	571,000,000
1994	431,000,000
1995	746,000,000
1996	654,000,000
1997	681,000,000
1998	736,000,000
1999	749,000,000
2000	613,000,000
2001	623,000,000
2002	725,000,000
2003	892,000,000
2004	894,000,000
2005	1,018,000,000
2006	1,228,000,000
2007	2,037,000,000
2008	2,289,000,000
2009	2,064,000,000
2010	2,054,000,000
2011	2,129,000,000
2012	2,339,000,000
2013	3,010,000,000
2014	3,828,000,000
2015	2,561,000,000
2016	2,872,000,000
2017	3,494,000,000
2018	4,375,000,000
2019	3,932,000,000
2020	3,263,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 37.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 79.83 in 1962, while its lowest value was 30.06 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	63.16
1961	62.99
1962	79.83
1963	74.02
1964	76.70
1965	76.25
1966	76.96
1967	75.91
1968	74.11
1969	71.82
1970	69.72
1971	76.66
1972	77.75
1973	69.75
1974	73.45
1975	72.66
1976	74.38
1977	72.28
1978	71.35
1979	68.99
1980	66.19
1981	65.20
1982	68.10
1983	68.77
1984	63.44
1985	61.90
1986	59.98
1987	50.30
1988	51.74
1989	55.28
1990	51.15
1991	67.62
1992	63.29
1993	65.97
1994	66.32
1995	62.83
1996	62.33
1997	68.86
1998	69.46
1999	60.50
2000	62.61
2001	57.49
2002	56.65
2003	55.46
2004	51.31
2005	54.36
2006	51.55
2007	49.75
2008	50.90
2009	52.72
2010	49.80
2011	51.73
2012	48.80
2013	44.22
2014	41.50
2015	43.08
2016	37.73
2017	32.40
2018	30.06
2019	31.80
2020	37.23

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 44.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 54.08 in 2017, while its lowest value was 3.25 in 1970.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1961	5.34
1963	5.14
1964	6.47
1965	7.33
1966	5.11
1967	4.99
1968	6.71
1969	6.65
1970	3.25
1971	5.28
1972	5.51
1973	11.00
1974	7.93
1975	11.73
1976	11.49
1977	15.18
1978	16.49
1979	17.98
1980	16.53
1981	17.23
1982	13.63
1983	8.51
1984	12.46
1985	8.57
1986	9.83
1987	19.36
1988	21.92
1989	15.67
1990	20.18
1991	25.81
1992	27.22
1993	25.27
1994	24.77
1995	25.00
1996	19.50
1997	15.22
1998	15.72
1999	14.92
2000	15.07
2001	15.16
2002	16.60
2003	17.05
2004	21.61
2005	16.57
2006	20.37
2007	25.31
2008	29.74
2009	26.19
2010	31.79
2011	25.14
2012	28.29
2013	37.17
2014	41.43
2015	38.80
2016	46.61
2017	54.08
2018	51.60
2019	47.17
2020	44.78

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 13.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 27.77 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.71 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1961	0.71
1963	1.51
1964	2.27
1965	2.64
1966	2.03
1967	2.32
1968	2.63
1969	3.16
1970	1.01
1971	1.58
1972	3.06
1973	7.56
1974	3.72
1975	4.51
1976	3.16
1977	2.04
1978	5.98
1979	5.51
1980	7.59
1981	5.69
1982	7.46
1983	6.24
1984	7.88
1985	5.57
1986	7.02
1987	18.26
1988	16.51
1989	10.62
1990	13.86
1991	19.93
1992	20.09
1993	20.48
1994	17.96
1995	12.01
1996	14.78
1997	9.80
1998	8.89
1999	9.46
2000	9.44
2001	11.81
2002	10.56
2003	12.68
2004	17.48
2005	13.00
2006	15.47
2007	20.83
2008	22.39
2009	20.52
2010	25.29
2011	18.88
2012	16.03
2013	19.82
2014	22.72
2015	21.89
2016	23.95
2017	27.77
2018	27.31
2019	19.05
2020	13.82

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 5.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 56 years was 6.20 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1990.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1964	0.32
1971	0.14
1972	0.11
1973	0.08
1988	0.14
1989	0.11
1990	0.04
1991	0.12
1992	0.19
1993	0.13
1994	0.57
1995	1.48
1996	0.44
1997	0.34
1998	0.77
1999	0.29
2000	0.56
2001	0.95
2002	1.56
2003	0.91
2004	0.23
2005	0.22
2006	0.23
2007	0.43
2008	2.42
2009	0.49
2010	1.58
2011	1.13
2012	2.61
2013	1.90
2014	1.75
2015	1.62
2016	2.39
2017	2.58
2018	5.95
2019	6.20
2020	5.45

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 2.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 4.44 in 2012, while its lowest value was 0.05 in 1973.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1966	0.10
1967	0.45
1968	0.70
1969	0.14
1971	0.71
1972	0.10
1973	0.05
1974	0.06
1981	0.39
1982	1.01
1983	0.10
1984	3.09
1985	2.77
1986	2.41
1987	0.77
1988	1.13
1989	0.77
1990	1.76
1991	0.96
1992	1.36
1993	0.91
1994	0.63
1995	0.55
1996	0.77
1997	0.35
1998	0.73
1999	1.16
2000	0.28
2001	0.22
2002	1.25
2003	1.06
2004	1.21
2005	1.06
2006	1.24
2007	1.23
2008	2.75
2009	3.05
2010	2.04
2011	2.57
2012	4.44
2013	2.78
2014	1.90
2015	3.07
2016	2.36
2017	2.02
2018	2.29
2019	3.14
2020	2.33

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 3.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 8.75 in 1995, while its lowest value was 0.13 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1961	3.56
1963	3.02
1964	3.24
1965	3.81
1966	2.84
1967	1.66
1968	3.14
1969	3.35
1970	2.24
1971	2.85
1972	2.22
1973	2.81
1974	4.15
1975	4.04
1976	4.29
1977	3.34
1978	0.82
1979	4.54
1980	1.12
1981	2.05
1982	0.82
1983	0.13
1984	0.18
1985	0.23
1986	0.40
1987	0.34
1988	0.41
1989	1.11
1990	2.79
1991	1.03
1992	0.86
1993	0.75
1994	1.73
1995	8.75
1996	1.33
1997	1.43
1998	1.28
1999	1.45
2000	2.15
2001	0.53
2002	1.14
2003	0.72
2004	0.98
2005	1.17
2006	1.00
2007	0.64
2008	1.05
2009	0.91
2010	0.98
2011	0.78
2012	0.77
2013	1.21
2014	1.75
2015	1.95
2016	2.23
2017	1.56
2018	2.85
2019	3.93
2020	3.52

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 19.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 20.15 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1971.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1961	1.07
1963	0.60
1964	0.65
1965	0.88
1966	0.14
1967	0.57
1968	0.24
1969	0.01
1971	0.00
1972	0.03
1973	0.49
1975	3.18
1976	4.04
1977	9.80
1978	9.69
1979	7.92
1980	7.83
1981	9.10
1982	4.34
1983	2.04
1984	1.31
1988	3.72
1989	3.06
1990	1.74
1991	3.76
1992	4.73
1993	3.00
1994	3.88
1995	2.21
1996	2.18
1997	3.30
1998	4.05
1999	2.56
2000	2.64
2001	1.66
2002	2.10
2003	1.68
2004	1.71
2005	1.11
2006	2.43
2007	2.18
2008	1.14
2009	1.22
2010	1.90
2011	1.78
2012	4.43
2013	11.45
2014	13.30
2015	10.26
2016	15.69
2017	20.15
2018	13.20
2019	14.83
2020	19.64

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 17.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 29.05 in 2005, while its lowest value was 2.52 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1961	13.88
1962	2.52
1963	13.60
1964	12.62
1965	10.56
1966	9.80
1967	10.39
1968	10.39
1969	11.84
1970	9.57
1971	10.32
1972	8.78
1973	10.40
1974	9.03
1975	6.76
1976	5.45
1977	5.42
1978	5.40
1979	5.84
1980	6.11
1981	5.79
1982	6.55
1983	7.46
1984	9.92
1985	10.05
1986	7.86
1987	9.92
1988	19.27
1989	23.00
1990	25.34
1991	3.74
1992	5.46
1993	6.01
1994	5.81
1995	9.85
1996	16.20
1997	15.34
1998	14.62
1999	24.32
2000	22.26
2001	26.52
2002	26.52
2003	27.41
2004	27.07
2005	29.05
2006	27.82
2007	22.13
2008	18.95
2009	20.51
2010	18.23
2011	23.00
2012	21.93
2013	18.46
2014	16.76
2015	17.75
2016	15.50
2017	13.42
2018	18.27
2019	20.99
2020	17.95

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 0.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 36.84 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 2004.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	36.84
1961	17.79
1962	17.65
1963	7.25
1964	4.21
1965	5.87
1966	8.13
1967	8.70
1968	8.80
1969	9.69
1970	17.46
1971	7.73
1972	7.95
1973	8.85
1974	9.58
1975	8.85
1976	8.68
1977	7.12
1978	6.76
1979	7.19
1980	11.17
1981	11.78
1982	11.71
1983	15.27
1984	14.18
1985	19.48
1986	22.33
1987	20.41
1988	7.07
1989	6.05
1990	3.33
1991	2.83
1992	4.02
1993	2.75
1994	3.10
1995	2.32
1996	1.97
1997	0.57
1998	0.21
1999	0.25
2000	0.06
2001	0.83
2002	0.23
2003	0.08
2004	0.01
2005	0.02
2006	0.26
2007	2.81
2008	0.40
2009	0.58
2010	0.19
2011	0.13
2012	0.98
2013	0.15
2014	0.31
2015	0.37
2016	0.16
2017	0.09
2018	0.07
2019	0.04
2020	0.04

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Benin was $2,458,394,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $3,654,518,000 in 2014 and $1,900,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	$1,900,000
1961	$28,100,000
1962	$23,800,000
1963	$33,100,000
1964	$30,900,000
1965	$34,100,000
1966	$33,433,000
1967	$44,151,000
1968	$50,815,000
1969	$55,814,000
1970	$63,574,000
1971	$77,103,000
1972	$93,332,000
1973	$111,615,000
1974	$146,250,000
1975	$196,245,000
1976	$210,704,000
1977	$267,446,000
1978	$310,692,000
1979	$319,957,000
1980	$329,884,000
1981	$541,065,000
1982	$474,241,000
1983	$316,853,400
1984	$300,571,300
1985	$339,163,500
1986	$383,012,500
1987	$346,641,300
1988	$326,533,400
1989	$207,307,200
1990	$265,156,500
1991	$241,246,300
1992	$441,877,900
1993	$345,206,900
1994	$351,758,200
1995	$637,390,400
1996	$559,193,700
1997	$602,869,600
1998	$639,520,900
1999	$843,228,500
2000	$559,933,600
2001	$622,081,000
2002	$714,814,300
2003	$885,975,400
2004	$896,689,500
2005	$887,383,200
2006	$1,004,210,000
2007	$1,631,601,000
2008	$1,714,077,000
2009	$1,549,681,000
2010	$2,127,628,000
2011	$2,069,051,000
2012	$2,319,000,000
2013	$2,958,298,000
2014	$3,654,518,000
2015	$2,475,081,000
2016	$2,630,469,000
2017	$3,060,710,000
2018	$3,278,733,000
2019	$2,905,137,000
2020	$2,458,394,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Benin was 17.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 29.05 in 2005, while its lowest value was 2.52 in 1962.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1961	13.88
1962	2.52
1963	13.60
1964	12.62
1965	10.56
1966	9.80
1967	10.39
1968	10.39
1969	11.84
1970	9.57
1971	10.32
1972	8.78
1973	10.40
1974	9.03
1975	6.76
1976	5.45
1977	5.42
1978	5.40
1979	5.84
1980	6.11
1981	5.79
1982	6.55
1983	7.46
1984	9.92
1985	10.05
1986	7.86
1987	9.92
1988	19.27
1989	23.00
1990	25.34
1991	3.74
1992	5.46
1993	6.01
1994	5.81
1995	9.85
1996	16.20
1997	15.34
1998	14.62
1999	24.32
2000	22.26
2001	26.52
2002	26.52
2003	27.41
2004	27.07
2005	29.05
2006	27.82
2007	22.13
2008	18.95
2009	20.51
2010	18.23
2011	23.00
2012	21.93
2013	18.46
2014	16.76
2015	17.75
2016	15.50
2017	13.42
2018	18.27
2019	20.99
2020	17.95

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports