Benin - Imports of goods and services (constant LCU)

The value for Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) in Benin was 2,214,680,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,761,200,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 90,532,470,000 in 1961.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in constant local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1960 111,794,000,000
1961 90,532,470,000
1962 94,647,030,000
1963 117,966,000,000
1964 128,940,000,000
1965 163,917,000,000
1966 210,554,000,000
1967 262,678,000,000
1968 277,080,000,000
1969 301,085,000,000
1970 325,777,000,000
1971 389,764,000,000
1972 420,624,000,000
1973 415,338,000,000
1974 420,453,000,000
1975 446,025,000,000
1976 416,658,000,000
1977 456,313,000,000
1978 482,404,000,000
1979 614,990,000,000
1980 725,504,000,000
1981 794,009,000,000
1982 609,035,000,000
1983 450,446,000,000
1984 450,979,000,000
1985 532,006,000,000
1986 460,108,000,000
1987 421,788,000,000
1988 435,628,000,000
1989 335,252,000,000
1990 453,832,000,000
1991 572,979,000,000
1992 683,496,000,000
1993 740,488,000,000
1994 652,307,000,000
1995 688,224,000,000
1996 616,217,000,000
1997 686,683,000,000
1998 754,513,000,000
1999 879,850,000,000
2000 786,739,000,000
2001 892,531,000,000
2002 861,805,000,000
2003 905,914,000,000
2004 871,473,000,000
2005 833,055,000,000
2006 894,905,000,000
2007 1,166,080,000,000
2008 1,215,220,000,000
2009 1,272,840,000,000
2010 1,366,390,000,000
2011 1,303,990,000,000
2012 1,452,160,000,000
2013 1,899,000,000,000
2014 2,177,990,000,000
2015 2,156,920,000,000
2016 2,228,170,000,000
2017 2,547,310,000,000
2018 2,670,570,000,000
2019 2,761,200,000,000
2020 2,214,680,000,000

Base Period: varies by country

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts