Benin recorded a Current Account deficit of 6.80 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Current Account to GDP in Benin averaged -5.56 percent of GDP from 1974 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 0.50 percent of GDP in 1994 and a record low of -20.90 percent of GDP in 1982. source: Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
Current Account to GDP in Benin is expected to reach -5.40 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Benin Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -4.30 percent of GDP in 2027 and -4.20 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.