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Benin — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Benin, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1,658
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +1745.5% since 1960
GDP per capita for Benin was 1,658 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 90 in 1960 (about 18.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.59% per year.
Benin ranks 179 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Benin sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 65%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1,658
First (1960)
90
Change
+1745.5%
Highest
1,658
in 2025
Lowest
90
in 1960
Average
547
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.59%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,658.27 |
| 2024 | 1,485.38 |
| 2023 | 1,394.18 |
| 2022 | 1,266.43 |
| 2021 | 1,318.65 |
| 2020 | 1,200.19 |
| 2019 | 1,130.82 |
| 2018 | 1,151.74 |
| 2017 | 1,054.97 |
| 2016 | 1,010.53 |
| 2015 | 1,002.42 |
| 2014 | 1,204.4 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.