Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Benin
Benin: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 55.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Benin, 1974–2023
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Benin recorded 55.6% for travel services in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Benin peaked at 73.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 1974.
That places Benin 56th out of 198 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Benin, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 10.7% | — |
| 1975 | 11.3% | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 12.4% | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 12.3% | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 13.2% | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 12.7% | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 16.8% | +32.6% |
| 1981 | 19.0% | +13.1% |
| 1982 | 24.7% | +29.6% |
| 1983 | 21.5% | -12.6% |
| 1984 | 41.0% | +90.4% |
| 1985 | 35.3% | -14.0% |
| 1986 | 23.7% | -32.7% |
| 1987 | 23.3% | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 44.3% | +89.9% |
| 1989 | 48.4% | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 50.2% | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 49.7% | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 51.2% | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 48.7% | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 51.5% | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 53.2% | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 64.0% | +20.4% |
| 1997 | 54.3% | -15.1% |
| 1998 | 50.6% | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 60.5% | +19.4% |
| 2000 | 60.8% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 63.4% | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 66.1% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 65.4% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 58.1% | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 57.7% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 59.2% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 73.5% | +24.2% |
| 2008 | 71.8% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 64.5% | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 42.9% | -33.5% |
| 2011 | 45.9% | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 41.0% | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 37.9% | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 33.1% | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 42.1% | +27.2% |
| 2016 | 38.9% | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 46.4% | +19.2% |
| 2018 | 33.5% | -27.8% |
| 2019 | 47.0% | +40.2% |
| 2020 | 46.9% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 51.5% | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 53.0% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 55.6% | +5.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 55.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.7%, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 55.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 43.9%, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Benin changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +90.4% | 21.5% | 41.0% |
| 1988 | +89.9% | 23.3% | 44.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.1% | 10.7% | 13.2% | 6 |
| 1980s | 29.8% | 16.8% | 48.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.4% | 48.7% | 64.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.0% | 57.7% | 73.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.9% | 33.1% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.8% | 46.9% | 55.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Benin
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)
- Commercial service imports 1.54 billion current US$ (2023)
- Food exports 39.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 451.05 million current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 269.2 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Benin?
- Travel services in Benin was 55.6% in 2023, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 73.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 1974.
- How does Benin rank for travel services?
- Benin ranks 56th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.