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Country or Region: Benin › Change country
Economic Indicator: Gross National Savings (% of GDP) › See all Benin indicators, › See Gross National Savings (% of 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

Data are based on individual countries' national accounts statistics. For many countries, the estimates of national saving are built up from national accounts data on gross domestic investment and from balance of payments-based data on net foreign investment. Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2010 National accounts manual used: SNA 1993 GDP valuation: Market prices Base year: 2000 Chain-weighted: No Primary domestic currency: CFA francs Data last updated: 03/2011

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Benin in year 2010 is 12.436 %

This makes Benin No. 131 in world rankings according to Gross National Savings (% of GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Gross National Savings (% of GDP) value is 18.64 %; Benin is 6.20 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Benin was 14.40 % Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Benin in 2010 was or will be 13.64% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Benin was or will be 14.99 %, which is 20.50% more than the 2010 figure.