Benin - Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Benin was $2,458,394,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $3,654,518,000 in 2014 and $1,900,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 $1,900,000
1961 $28,100,000
1962 $23,800,000
1963 $33,100,000
1964 $30,900,000
1965 $34,100,000
1966 $33,433,000
1967 $44,151,000
1968 $50,815,000
1969 $55,814,000
1970 $63,574,000
1971 $77,103,000
1972 $93,332,000
1973 $111,615,000
1974 $146,250,000
1975 $196,245,000
1976 $210,704,000
1977 $267,446,000
1978 $310,692,000
1979 $319,957,000
1980 $329,884,000
1981 $541,065,000
1982 $474,241,000
1983 $316,853,400
1984 $300,571,300
1985 $339,163,500
1986 $383,012,500
1987 $346,641,300
1988 $326,533,400
1989 $207,307,200
1990 $265,156,500
1991 $241,246,300
1992 $441,877,900
1993 $345,206,900
1994 $351,758,200
1995 $637,390,400
1996 $559,193,700
1997 $602,869,600
1998 $639,520,900
1999 $843,228,500
2000 $559,933,600
2001 $622,081,000
2002 $714,814,300
2003 $885,975,400
2004 $896,689,500
2005 $887,383,200
2006 $1,004,210,000
2007 $1,631,601,000
2008 $1,714,077,000
2009 $1,549,681,000
2010 $2,127,628,000
2011 $2,069,051,000
2012 $2,319,000,000
2013 $2,958,298,000
2014 $3,654,518,000
2015 $2,475,081,000
2016 $2,630,469,000
2017 $3,060,710,000
2018 $3,278,733,000
2019 $2,905,137,000
2020 $2,458,394,000

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports