Economy Of Benin
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Economy overview
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The economy of Benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade. Growth in real output has averaged a stable 5% in the past six years, but rapid population rise has offset much of this increase. Inflation has subsided over the past several years. In order to raise growth still further, Benin plans to attract more foreign investment, place more emphasis on tourism, facilitate the development of new food processing systems and agricultural products, and encourage new information and communication technology. The 2001 privatization policy should continue in telecommunications, water, electricity, and agriculture in spite of initial government reluctance. The Paris Club and bilateral creditors have eased the external debt situation, while pressing for speeded-up structural reforms.
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GDP
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purchasing power parity - $7.742 billion (2004 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate
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5.5% (2004 est.)
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GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2004 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector
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agriculture: 36.4%
industry: 14.5%
services: 49.1% (2004 est.)
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Investment gross fixed
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19.3% of GDP (2004 est.)
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Population below poverty line
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37% (2001 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Distribution of family income - Gini index
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Inflation rate consumer prices
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1.5% (2004 est.)
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Labor force
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NA (1996)
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Labor force by occupation
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Unemployment rate
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NA
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Budget
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revenues: $698.9 million
expenditures: $613.2 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.)
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Public debt
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Agriculture products
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cotton, corn, cassava (tapioca), yams, beans, palm oil, peanuts, livestock (2001)
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Industries
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textiles, food processing, chemical production, construction materials (2001)
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Industrial production growth rate
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8.3% (2001 est.)
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Electricity production
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274.3 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity production by source
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fossil fuel: 14.2%
hydro: 85.8%
other: 0% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity consumption
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631.1 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity exports
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0 kWh (2001)
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Electricity imports
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376 million kWh (2001)
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Oil production
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700 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil consumption
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11,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil exports
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NA (2001)
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Oil imports
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NA (2001)
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Oil proved reserves
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4.105 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas production
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Natural gas consumption
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Natural gas exports
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Natural gas imports
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Natural gas proved reserves
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608.8 million cu m (1 January 2002)
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Current account balance
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$-112 million (2004 est.)
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Exports
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$485 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
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Exports commodities
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cotton, crude oil, palm products, cocoa
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Exports partners
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China 21.1%, India 18%, Thailand 6.8%, Ghana 5.8%, Niger 4.4%, Indonesia 4.1% (2003)
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Imports
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$726 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports commodities
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foodstuffs, capital goods, petroleum products
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Imports partners
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China 29.5%, France 14.9%, UK 4.7%, Cote d'Ivoire 4.7%, Thailand 4.6% (2003)
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Reserves of foreign exchange gold
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$636 million (2004 est.)
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Debt external
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$1.6 billion (2000)
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Economic aid recipient
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$342.6 million (2000)
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Currency
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Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF); note - responsible authority is the Central Bank of the West African States
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Currency code
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XOF
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Exchange rates
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Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 581.2 (2003), 696.988 (2002), 733.039 (2001), 711.976 (2000), 615.699 (1999)
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Fiscal year
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calendar year
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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.
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