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Your guide to exporting from and investing in Benin.
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Export from Benin
What Benin sells and who buys it, the trade agreements, the steps to export and the organizations that help exporters.
Goods exports
US$1.11 billion
Source: UN Comtrade, Benin exports by destination, 2024 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Invest in Benin
The economy at a glance, what to check before you set up, the steps and the organizations that help investors.
Foreign direct investment inflows
US$481.7 million
Source: UNCTADstat, Benin foreign direct investment inflows (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Find public support
The public and membership bodies that help companies, grouped by what you need, each linking to its own site.
Organizations in this guide
17
Promote:Benin is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Benin at a glance
Population
14.8 million
Population was 14,814,460 people in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Benin population, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
GDP
US$24.6 billion
GDP was US$24.6 billion in 2025, in current United States dollars.
Source: World Bank WDI, Benin GDP, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
GDP per person
US$1,658
GDP per person was US$1,658 in 2025, in current United States dollars.
Source: World Bank WDI, Benin GDP per person, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Real GDP growth
8.1%
Real GDP growth was 8.1 percent in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Benin real GDP growth, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Inflation
0.1%
Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent over twelve months to August 2026, in the central bank's economic note for the West African union.
Source: BCEAO, economic note on WAEMU countries, September 2026 (in French) (opens in a new tab) · as of August 2026
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