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Benin Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Benin › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Benin indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Central African Franc
Currency Symbol: XAF

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Benin , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Benin in year 2010 is -6.303 %

This makes Benin No. 115 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Benin is 3.62 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Benin was -8.86 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Benin in 2010 was or will be 28.83% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Benin was or will be -5.25 %, which is 16.69% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Benin, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -5.232
  2015 -6.182
  2014 -6.399
  2013 -6.596
  2012 -6.826
  2011 -5.251
2010 -6.303
  2009 -8.856
  2008 -8.028
  2007 -10.098
  2006 -5.303
  2005 -6.259
  2004 -6.988
  2003 -9.364
  2002 -7.93
  2001 -4.379
  2000 -4.405
  1999 -7.252
  1998 -5.427
  1997 -7.012
  1996 -3.92
  1995 -6.086
  1994 -2.477
  1993 -4.186
  1992 -4.335
  1991 -2.638
  1990 -2.034
  1989 -1.641
  1988 -7.406
  1987 -5.792
  1986 -6.36
  1985 -4.164
  1984 -5.003
  1983 -15.929
  1982 -28.532
  1981 -23.128
  1980 -6.385