Getting credit, legal rights index in Benin
Benin: Getting credit, legal rights index was 6 in 2012. ▲ Rising
Getting credit, legal rights index in Benin, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Benin recorded 6 for getting credit, legal rights index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Benin peaked at 6 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2004.
Benin ranks 15th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010s | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 15 Burkina Faso 6 compare
- 15 Cameroon 6 compare
- 15 Central African Republic 6 compare
- 15 Chad 6 compare
- 15 Comoros 6 compare
- 15 Congo 6 compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 6 compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Gabon 6 compare
- 15 Guinea 6 compare
- 15 Guinea-Bissau 6 compare
- 15 Lesotho 6 compare
- 15 Mali 6 compare
- 15 Mauritius 6 compare
- 15 Niger 6 compare
- 15 Senegal 6 compare
- 15 Eswatini 6 compare
- 15 Togo 6 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, legal rights index in Benin?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Benin was 6 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- How does Benin rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Benin ranks 15th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index 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 World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.