Benin - Merchandise exports

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 3.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 55.83 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise exports by the reporting economy to economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 1.31
1963 1.61
1964 0.76
1965 1.46
1966 0.98
1967 1.06
1968 0.62
1969 1.72
1970 0.28
1971 1.02
1972 2.30
1973 0.77
1974 0.36
1976 2.05
1979 0.00
1980 0.56
1981 0.74
1982 0.85
1984 0.09
1985 0.04
1986 0.07
1987 0.87
1988 2.19
1989 4.75
1990 9.38
1991 6.82
1992 16.46
1993 55.83
1994 10.49
1995 10.66
1996 8.49
1997 9.25
1998 6.94
1999 3.97
2000 4.99
2001 1.30
2002 4.04
2003 4.39
2004 1.26
2005 3.53
2006 2.24
2007 2.40
2008 1.87
2009 1.23
2010 1.68
2011 2.44
2012 1.20
2013 3.81
2014 3.73
2015 3.74
2016 4.70
2017 4.94
2018 5.08
2019 6.07
2020 3.05

Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Benin was 2,316,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,344,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 10,000,000 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 18,000,000
1961 15,000,000
1962 11,000,000
1963 13,000,000
1964 13,000,000
1965 14,000,000
1966 10,000,000
1967 15,000,000
1968 22,000,000
1969 27,000,000
1970 33,000,000
1971 42,000,000
1972 36,000,000
1973 43,000,000
1974 34,000,000
1975 32,000,000
1976 25,000,000
1977 31,000,000
1978 27,000,000
1979 46,000,000
1980 63,000,000
1981 34,000,000
1982 24,000,000
1983 67,000,000
1984 167,000,000
1985 199,000,000
1986 188,000,000
1987 260,000,000
1988 226,000,000
1989 218,000,000
1990 288,000,000
1991 330,000,000
1992 335,000,000
1993 384,000,000
1994 398,000,000
1995 420,000,000
1996 528,000,000
1997 424,000,000
1998 407,000,000
1999 422,000,000
2000 392,000,000
2001 374,000,000
2002 448,000,000
2003 541,000,000
2004 569,000,000
2005 578,000,000
2006 736,000,000
2007 1,047,000,000
2008 1,282,000,000
2009 1,225,000,000
2010 1,282,000,000
2011 1,410,000,000
2012 1,443,000,000
2013 1,982,000,000
2014 2,560,000,000
2015 1,682,000,000
2016 1,774,000,000
2017 2,216,000,000
2018 3,344,000,000
2019 3,052,000,000
2020 2,316,000,000

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 22.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.13 in 1964, while its lowest value was 6.79 in 2009.

Definition: Merchandise exports to high-income economies are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 80.00
1961 72.55
1962 82.35
1963 88.71
1964 93.13
1965 87.59
1966 78.46
1967 79.35
1968 80.31
1969 74.93
1970 79.22
1971 82.86
1972 81.92
1973 74.70
1974 57.69
1975 54.29
1976 75.36
1977 80.36
1978 78.76
1979 80.98
1980 80.33
1981 58.88
1982 70.33
1983 80.86
1984 89.46
1985 92.67
1986 86.00
1987 73.65
1988 64.95
1989 42.00
1990 47.94
1991 16.29
1992 33.75
1993 21.45
1994 32.48
1995 37.21
1996 35.72
1997 30.63
1998 27.60
1999 25.13
2000 23.45
2001 8.08
2002 17.71
2003 20.89
2004 16.18
2005 13.62
2006 13.33
2007 13.08
2008 8.90
2009 6.79
2010 10.69
2011 13.20
2012 8.57
2013 10.87
2014 16.93
2015 19.77
2016 13.38
2017 13.50
2018 13.42
2019 12.51
2020 22.72

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 66.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 70.88 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1978.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to 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 exports 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 1.31
1963 1.61
1964 0.76
1965 1.46
1966 0.98
1967 1.06
1968 0.63
1969 1.72
1970 0.28
1971 1.01
1972 2.78
1973 4.47
1974 13.40
1975 5.52
1976 4.69
1977 1.19
1978 0.01
1979 0.01
1980 3.24
1981 9.01
1982 0.10
1984 2.48
1985 0.30
1986 3.15
1987 6.68
1988 6.69
1989 35.67
1990 20.02
1991 13.32
1992 26.72
1993 70.77
1994 45.01
1995 49.04
1996 54.92
1997 59.67
1998 57.84
1999 68.56
2000 65.89
2001 19.09
2002 53.76
2003 59.28
2004 56.26
2005 61.58
2006 46.06
2007 50.64
2008 49.83
2009 37.00
2010 25.67
2011 42.38
2012 47.71
2013 54.01
2014 44.41
2015 55.04
2016 63.91
2017 65.43
2018 70.88
2019 70.61
2020 66.63

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 10.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 52 years was 48.22 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1968.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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
1968 0.00
1972 0.47
1973 3.68
1974 13.04
1975 5.52
1976 2.64
1977 1.19
1978 0.01
1979 0.01
1980 2.67
1981 8.27
1984 2.40
1985 0.26
1986 3.08
1987 5.81
1988 2.01
1989 26.72
1990 4.49
1991 5.00
1992 8.65
1993 12.62
1994 10.12
1995 11.94
1996 19.63
1997 21.22
1998 16.23
1999 17.74
2000 10.20
2001 4.46
2002 23.57
2003 40.65
2004 46.40
2005 48.22
2006 31.16
2007 32.24
2008 34.64
2009 26.42
2010 18.20
2011 30.32
2012 35.09
2013 34.63
2014 22.06
2015 26.55
2016 22.97
2017 33.16
2018 22.96
2019 20.93
2020 10.86

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 20.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 20.55 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2005.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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
1988 2.26
1989 3.69
1990 0.03
1994 0.22
1995 0.54
1996 0.06
1997 0.48
1998 0.33
1999 2.80
2000 5.19
2001 0.61
2002 1.58
2003 0.03
2004 0.50
2005 0.00
2006 1.21
2007 0.23
2008 0.25
2009 0.12
2010 0.46
2011 0.15
2012 0.07
2013 0.31
2014 4.25
2015 1.48
2016 11.61
2017 5.90
2018 3.01
2019 4.03
2020 20.55

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 0.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 26.10 in 1998, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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
1972 0.01
1973 0.02
1988 0.05
1989 0.27
1990 4.98
1992 0.20
1993 0.01
1994 21.25
1995 19.41
1996 24.16
1997 24.06
1998 26.10
1999 20.91
2000 10.58
2001 1.91
2002 0.76
2003 1.59
2004 0.32
2005 0.17
2006 2.39
2007 2.09
2008 0.30
2009 0.22
2010 0.07
2011 0.11
2012 0.31
2013 0.15
2014 0.97
2015 0.56
2016 0.47
2017 0.01
2018 0.01
2019 0.12
2020 0.09

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 2.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 55.81 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1979.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 1.31
1963 1.61
1964 0.76
1965 1.46
1966 0.98
1967 1.06
1968 0.62
1969 1.72
1970 0.28
1971 1.01
1972 2.30
1973 0.77
1974 0.36
1976 2.05
1979 0.00
1980 0.56
1981 0.74
1982 0.10
1984 0.08
1985 0.04
1986 0.07
1987 0.87
1988 2.19
1989 4.75
1990 9.38
1991 6.82
1992 16.23
1993 55.81
1994 9.85
1995 9.60
1996 8.49
1997 8.46
1998 5.94
1999 2.50
2000 3.84
2001 1.04
2002 3.76
2003 1.31
2004 0.92
2005 1.12
2006 1.84
2007 2.16
2008 1.67
2009 1.18
2010 1.00
2011 1.12
2012 0.94
2013 3.71
2014 3.57
2015 3.23
2016 3.32
2017 3.28
2018 3.57
2019 4.23
2020 2.08

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 33.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 41.33 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.17 in 1988.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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
1988 0.17
1989 0.24
1990 1.13
1991 1.50
1992 1.64
1993 2.33
1994 3.56
1995 7.55
1996 2.59
1997 5.45
1998 9.26
1999 24.60
2000 36.09
2001 11.08
2002 24.11
2003 15.71
2004 8.12
2005 12.06
2006 9.47
2007 13.91
2008 12.96
2009 9.06
2010 5.94
2011 10.68
2012 11.30
2013 15.21
2014 13.57
2015 23.21
2016 25.55
2017 23.08
2018 41.33
2019 41.30
2020 33.06

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

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 10.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 63.62 in 2010, while its lowest value was 2.99 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 18.95
1962 4.90
1963 9.68
1964 5.34
1965 8.76
1966 17.03
1967 13.82
1968 15.25
1969 20.34
1970 17.65
1971 10.37
1972 12.47
1973 13.24
1974 20.62
1975 34.06
1976 16.14
1977 15.82
1978 19.49
1979 17.33
1980 12.70
1981 21.31
1982 26.58
1983 7.18
1984 4.94
1985 2.99
1986 7.11
1987 9.29
1988 23.72
1989 19.44
1990 30.62
1991 9.87
1992 21.92
1993 6.33
1994 13.25
1995 7.13
1996 8.38
1997 7.62
1998 14.46
1999 5.93
2000 10.49
2001 7.33
2002 28.31
2003 19.77
2004 27.56
2005 24.80
2006 40.49
2007 36.19
2008 41.15
2009 56.18
2010 63.62
2011 44.41
2012 43.71
2013 35.10
2014 38.67
2015 25.19
2016 22.71
2017 20.93
2018 15.71
2019 16.87
2020 10.64

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

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 0.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.50 in 2001, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1963.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of exports by the reporting economy to 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 exports by the economy.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 20.00
1961 7.19
1962 12.75
1963 0.00
1964 0.76
1965 2.19
1966 3.53
1967 5.77
1968 3.81
1969 3.02
1970 2.85
1971 5.77
1972 2.83
1973 7.59
1974 8.29
1975 6.13
1976 3.81
1977 2.62
1978 1.74
1979 1.67
1980 3.73
1981 10.80
1982 2.99
1983 11.96
1984 3.12
1985 4.04
1986 3.74
1987 10.38
1988 4.63
1989 2.89
1990 1.42
1991 60.53
1992 17.61
1993 1.46
1994 9.25
1995 6.62
1996 0.97
1997 2.08
1998 0.10
1999 0.39
2000 0.16
2001 65.50
2002 0.22
2003 0.06
2004 0.00
2005 0.00
2006 0.11
2007 0.09
2008 0.12
2009 0.04
2010 0.01
2011 0.00
2012 0.00
2013 0.01
2014 0.00
2015 0.00
2016 0.00
2017 0.14
2018 0.00
2019 0.02
2020 0.01

Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Benin was 1,090,425,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,090,425,000 in 2020 and 500,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise exports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise exports by the reporting economy to the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current US$.

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

See also:

Year Value
1960 500,000
1961 15,300,000
1962 10,200,000
1963 12,400,000
1964 13,100,000
1965 13,700,000
1966 10,681,000
1967 15,598,000
1968 22,402,000
1969 27,160,000
1970 32,627,000
1971 42,055,000
1972 36,480,000
1973 43,980,000
1974 34,029,000
1975 31,681,000
1976 37,883,000
1977 41,181,000
1978 27,209,000
1979 45,942,000
1980 62,809,000
1981 31,281,000
1982 24,042,000
1983 70,460,780
1984 166,995,200
1985 150,967,800
1986 103,992,300
1987 113,557,300
1988 70,487,700
1989 77,044,630
1990 122,139,000
1991 45,883,490
1992 64,698,880
1993 137,084,300
1994 153,274,300
1995 173,463,200
1996 261,914,900
1997 184,785,100
1998 232,401,500
1999 207,115,800
2000 195,288,400
2001 589,023,900
2002 240,147,300
2003 271,555,100
2004 281,219,300
2005 296,058,700
2006 225,349,300
2007 274,290,600
2008 377,073,300
2009 425,288,100
2010 534,034,600
2011 389,823,300
2012 462,524,700
2013 597,900,500
2014 968,212,100
2015 625,457,500
2016 441,556,300
2017 750,181,300
2018 954,118,300
2019 853,123,100
2020 1,090,425,000

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) in Benin was 10.64 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 59 years was 63.62 in 2010, while its lowest value was 2.99 in 1985.

Definition: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region as a percentage of total merchandise exports 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 18.95
1962 4.90
1963 9.68
1964 5.34
1965 8.76
1966 17.03
1967 13.82
1968 15.25
1969 20.34
1970 17.65
1971 10.37
1972 12.47
1973 13.24
1974 20.62
1975 34.06
1976 16.14
1977 15.82
1978 19.49
1979 17.33
1980 12.70
1981 21.31
1982 26.58
1983 7.18
1984 4.94
1985 2.99
1986 7.11
1987 9.29
1988 23.72
1989 19.44
1990 30.62
1991 9.87
1992 21.92
1993 6.33
1994 13.25
1995 7.13
1996 8.38
1997 7.62
1998 14.46
1999 5.93
2000 10.49
2001 7.33
2002 28.31
2003 19.77
2004 27.56
2005 24.80
2006 40.49
2007 36.19
2008 41.15
2009 56.18
2010 63.62
2011 44.41
2012 43.71
2013 35.10
2014 38.67
2015 25.19
2016 22.71
2017 20.93
2018 15.71
2019 16.87
2020 10.64

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports