Getting credit (DB05-14 methodology) - Score in Benin
Benin: Getting credit (DB05-14 methodology) - Score was 37.5 in 2013. ▲ Rising
Getting credit (DB05-14 methodology) - Score in Benin, 2004–2013
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Benin recorded 37.5 for getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score in 2013. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score in Benin peaked at 37.5 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 18.75, in 2004.
Benin ranks 139th of 184 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting credit (DB05-14 methodology) - Score in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 18.75 | — |
| 2005 | 18.75 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18.75 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18.75 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18.75 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18.75 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18.75 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 37.5 | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 37.5 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 37.5 | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 37.5 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 43.75, 86% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Benin's 37.5 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 37.5, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.75 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 6 |
| 2010s | 32.81 | 18.75 | 37.5 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 139 Bangladesh 37.5 compare
- 139 Bolivia 37.5 compare
- 139 Burkina Faso 37.5 compare
- 139 Central African Republic 37.5 compare
- 139 Chad 37.5 compare
- 139 Comoros 37.5 compare
- 139 Democratic Republic of Congo 37.5 compare
- 139 Cote d'Ivoire 37.5 compare
- 139 Equatorial Guinea 37.5 compare
- 139 Guinea 37.5 compare
- 139 Guinea-Bissau 37.5 compare
- 139 Kiribati 37.5 compare
- 139 Lesotho 37.5 compare
- 139 Mali 37.5 compare
- 139 Niger 37.5 compare
- 139 Sao Tome and Principe 37.5 compare
- 139 Senegal 37.5 compare
- 139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 37.5 compare
- 139 Togo 37.5 compare
- 139 Uganda 37.5 compare
- 139 Palestine 37.5 compare
More private sector data for Benin
- Merchandise trade 36.4% (2025)
- Food imports 33.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 50.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.8946 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score in Benin?
- Getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score in Benin was 37.5 in 2013, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 37.5 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.75 in 2004.
- How does Benin rank for getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score?
- Benin ranks 139th out of 184 countries with data for 2013.
- Is getting credit (db05-14 methodology) - score rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit (DB05-14 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting credit benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator set. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB05-14 studies.