Benin

Benin posted real growth of +8.1% in 2025, and its US$ GDP rose 14.4% to US$24.6 billion, lifting it 2 places to 125th, between Mongolia and Jamaica. The extra dollar gain beyond real growth was mostly exchange-rate and price effects, not output.

Services make up 50.1% of output, agriculture 22.9% and industry 17.5%, with manufacturing at 10.2%. Inflation stood at 1.1% and unemployment at 1.6%, while government gross debt is 59.3% of GDP. With 14.8 million people, GDP per capita of US$1,658 ranks 164th, and 163rd on a PPP basis.

The economy has grown 7.0 times in dollar terms since 2000, when it measured US$3.5 billion and ranked 133rd. The 19th-largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa is about the size of the San Luis Obispo, CA metro area. The IMF projects GDP of US$38.3 billion by 2030, a +56% rise that would lift it to 118th.