Benin — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Benin, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Benin was 8.07% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.95% in 1981. The lowest was -4.90% in 1975 (about -1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.49% per year.
Benin ranks 12 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 6%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Benin sits above it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 354%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 5 of 47 economies; Guinea (7.45%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 529% in 1972. That is 40% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1964. Doubling roughly every 47 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 73rd of 107 in 1961 → 100th of 119 in 1970 → 37th of 152 in 1980 → 21st of 176 in 1990 → 54th of 199 in 2000 → 145th of 209 in 2010 → 11th of 209 in 2020 → 9th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.07% | +0.6 pp |
| 2024 | 7.45% | +1.1 pp |
| 2023 | 6.35% | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 6.25% | -0.9 pp |
| 2021 | 7.16% | +3.3 pp |
| 2020 | 3.85% | -3.0 pp |
| 2019 | 6.87% | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 6.7% | +1.0 pp |
| 2017 | 5.67% | +2.3 pp |
| 2016 | 3.34% | +1.6 pp |
| 2015 | 1.78% | -4.6 pp |
| 2014 | 6.36% | -0.8 pp |
| 2013 | 7.19% | +2.4 pp |
| 2012 | 4.81% | +1.8 pp |
| 2011 | 2.96% | +0.8 pp |
| 2010 | 2.11% | -0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 2.32% | -2.6 pp |
| 2008 | 4.9% | -1.1 pp |
| 2007 | 5.99% | +2.0 pp |
| 2006 | 3.94% | +2.2 pp |
| 2005 | 1.71% | -2.7 pp |
| 2004 | 4.43% | +1.0 pp |
| 2003 | 3.44% | -1.2 pp |
| 2002 | 4.64% | -0.7 pp |
| 2001 | 5.33% | -0.5 pp |
| 2000 | 5.86% | +0.5 pp |
| 1999 | 5.34% | +1.4 pp |
| 1998 | 3.96% | -1.8 pp |
| 1997 | 5.73% | +1.4 pp |
| 1996 | 4.32% | -1.7 pp |
| 1995 | 6.05% | +4.0 pp |
| 1994 | 2.02% | -3.8 pp |
| 1993 | 5.84% | +2.9 pp |
| 1992 | 2.96% | -1.3 pp |
| 1991 | 4.23% | -4.8 pp |
| 1990 | 8.98% | +11.8 pp |
| 1989 | -2.85% | -6.3 pp |
| 1988 | 3.41% | +4.9 pp |
| 1987 | -1.5% | -3.7 pp |
| 1986 | 2.17% | -5.4 pp |
| 1985 | 7.53% | -0.4 pp |
| 1984 | 7.93% | +12.3 pp |
| 1983 | -4.35% | -6.6 pp |
| 1982 | 2.24% | -7.7 pp |
| 1981 | 9.95% | +3.2 pp |
| 1980 | 6.78% | +0.2 pp |
| 1979 | 6.54% | +5.3 pp |
| 1978 | 1.26% | -3.7 pp |
| 1977 | 4.98% | +4.1 pp |
| 1976 | 0.88% | +5.8 pp |
| 1975 | -4.9% | -8.2 pp |
| 1974 | 3.34% | -0.4 pp |
| 1973 | 3.71% | -2.7 pp |
| 1972 | 6.43% | +7.9 pp |
| 1971 | -1.5% | -3.6 pp |
| 1970 | 2.1% | -0.8 pp |
| 1969 | 2.88% | -1.0 pp |
| 1968 | 3.84% | +2.8 pp |
| 1967 | 1.08% | -2.5 pp |
| 1966 | 3.58% | -1.7 pp |
| 1965 | 5.29% | -1.4 pp |
| 1964 | 6.65% | +1.9 pp |
| 1963 | 4.73% | +8.2 pp |
| 1962 | -3.43% | -6.6 pp |
| 1961 | 3.14% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Benin’s GDP growth in 1962?
-3.43% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Benin’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +157.0% in total — about 1.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 8.07%; 2024: 7.45%; 2023: 6.35%; 2022: 6.25%; 2021: 7.16%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.