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Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons.

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Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons.

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Trade share of GDP

Benin

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Period	Value	Status	Provenance & calculation
1990	≈ 45.72 Exact value 45.7201821451 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123923 · revision 1 Value 45.7201821451 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 45.7201821451 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1991	≈ 51.34 Exact value 51.3447168355 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123922 · revision 1 Value 51.3447168355 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 51.3447168355 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1992	≈ 56.74 Exact value 56.7407458049 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123921 · revision 1 Value 56.7407458049 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 56.7407458049 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1993	≈ 55.38 Exact value 55.3817991337 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123920 · revision 1 Value 55.3817991337 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 55.3817991337 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1994	≈ 64.40 Exact value 64.4004792536 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123919 · revision 1 Value 64.4004792536 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 64.4004792536 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1995	≈ 63.80 Exact value 63.8001400105 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123918 · revision 1 Value 63.8001400105 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 63.8001400105 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1996	≈ 56.52 Exact value 56.5177914456 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123917 · revision 1 Value 56.5177914456 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 56.5177914456 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1997	≈ 58.71 Exact value 58.7116296114 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123916 · revision 1 Value 58.7116296114 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 58.7116296114 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1998	≈ 59.59 Exact value 59.5936252981 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123915 · revision 1 Value 59.5936252981 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 59.5936252981 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
1999	≈ 54.39 Exact value 54.3917891539 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123914 · revision 1 Value 54.3917891539 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 54.3917891539 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2000	≈ 47.35 Exact value 47.3481515013 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123913 · revision 1 Value 47.3481515013 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 47.3481515013 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2001	≈ 48.26 Exact value 48.2571706392 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123912 · revision 1 Value 48.2571706392 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 48.2571706392 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2002	≈ 43.77 Exact value 43.7684225364 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123911 · revision 1 Value 43.7684225364 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 43.7684225364 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2003	≈ 41.62 Exact value 41.6162305574 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123910 · revision 1 Value 41.6162305574 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 41.6162305574 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2004	≈ 39.90 Exact value 39.9029743365 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123909 · revision 1 Value 39.9029743365 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 39.9029743365 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2005	≈ 39.10 Exact value 39.0959311879 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123908 · revision 1 Value 39.0959311879 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 39.0959311879 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2006	≈ 39.77 Exact value 39.7746987129 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123907 · revision 1 Value 39.7746987129 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 39.7746987129 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2007	≈ 49.11 Exact value 49.1137841530 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123906 · revision 1 Value 49.1137841530 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 49.1137841530 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2008	≈ 47.78 Exact value 47.7753592695 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123905 · revision 1 Value 47.7753592695 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 47.7753592695 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2009	≈ 44.70 Exact value 44.7026290630 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123904 · revision 1 Value 44.7026290630 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 44.7026290630 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2010	≈ 51.43 Exact value 51.4308599493 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123903 · revision 1 Value 51.4308599493 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 51.4308599493 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2011	≈ 47.22 Exact value 47.2170288118 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123902 · revision 1 Value 47.2170288118 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 47.2170288118 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2012	≈ 50.74 Exact value 50.7367367791 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123901 · revision 1 Value 50.7367367791 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 50.7367367791 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2013	≈ 59.20 Exact value 59.2001918332 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123900 · revision 1 Value 59.2001918332 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 59.2001918332 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2014	≈ 65.27 Exact value 65.2682749405 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123899 · revision 1 Value 65.2682749405 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 65.2682749405 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2015	≈ 56.76 Exact value 56.7563131849 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123898 · revision 1 Value 56.7563131849 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 56.7563131849 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2016	≈ 58.99 Exact value 58.9869283378 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123897 · revision 1 Value 58.9869283378 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 58.9869283378 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2017	≈ 61.48 Exact value 61.4765969588 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123896 · revision 1 Value 61.4765969588 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 61.4765969588 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2018	≈ 61.80 Exact value 61.7951944903 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123895 · revision 1 Value 61.7951944903 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 61.7951944903 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2019	≈ 63.68 Exact value 63.6813323142 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123894 · revision 1 Value 63.6813323142 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 63.6813323142 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2020	≈ 44.83 Exact value 44.8332333769 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123893 · revision 1 Value 44.8332333769 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 44.8332333769 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2021	≈ 48.05 Exact value 48.0548608324 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123892 · revision 1 Value 48.0548608324 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 48.0548608324 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2022	≈ 44.38 Exact value 44.3815928877 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123891 · revision 1 Value 44.3815928877 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 44.3815928877 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2023	≈ 44.66 Exact value 44.6631308180 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123890 · revision 1 Value 44.6631308180 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 44.6631308180 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2024	≈ 40.64 Exact value 40.6398022402 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123889 · revision 1 Value 40.6398022402 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 40.6398022402 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified
2025	≈ 37.12 Exact value 37.1169356249 percent	available	Inspect evidence World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #123888 · revision 1 Value 37.1169356249 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17 Source reference Sum of exports and imports of goods and services as a percentage of GDP. This measures trade openness, but country size, geography and production structure strongly affect comparisons. Provider world_bank · indicator NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset 2 · reported Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date) Revision history Revision 1: 37.1169356249 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 05:19:51 · source revision unspecified

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