Benin
General information
Capital: Porto-Novo
Currency unit: West African CFA Franc (XOF)
Area: 114,760 km²
Total population: 14,462,700
GDP (millions of US dollars): 21,483
GDP per capita, PPP (current international US dollars): 4,435
Production
Agriculture (% of GDP): 26.8 %
Manufacture (% of GDP): 11.2 %
Industry excluding manufacture (% of GDP): 8.0 %
Services (% of GDP): 54.0 %
Trade
Total exports (millions of US dollars): 4,511
Total imports (millions of US dollars): 6,189
Main exported goods (% of total exports):
Cotton (35.6 %)
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits (excluding flour) (19.0 %)
Feeding stuff for animals (no unmilled cereals) (8.2 %)
Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (6.7 %)
Oil seeds & oleaginous fruits (incl. flour) (5.9 %)
National Attractiveness and Sustainability
Database under construction
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| National Attractiveness and Sustainability | - |
Revealed Competitiveness
This section brings together measures of countries’ revealed competitiveness in international markets, that is, their ability to export to those markets. These measures of export competitiveness are therefore the result of the price and non-price competitiveness factors presented in the sections “National Attractiveness and Sustainability” and “Price Competitiveness.” They are defined on a scale ranging from 0 to 10,000, with a higher value indicating greater export competitiveness in international markets.
| Benin | ||
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| Revealed Competitiveness | - | |
| Global Market Share Benin: 1 | 1 | |
| Revealed Competitiveness Index Benin: 41 | 41 |